FLOOD

flood, overflow, outpouring

(noun) a large flow

flood, flowage

(noun) the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood

(noun) light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion

(noun) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; “plains fertilized by annual inundations”

flood, inundation, deluge, torrent

(noun) an overwhelming number or amount; “a flood of requests”; “a torrent of abuse”

flood

(verb) cover with liquid, usually water; “The swollen river flooded the village”; “The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes”

flood

(verb) become filled to overflowing; “Our basement flooded during the heavy rains”

deluge, flood, inundate, swamp

(verb) fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; “the basement was inundated after the storm”; “The images flooded his mind”

flood, oversupply, glut

(verb) supply with an excess of; “flood the market with tennis shoes”; “Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

flood (plural floods)

A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.

(figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.

The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.

A floodlight.

Menstrual discharge; menses.

(obsolete) Water as opposed to land.

Verb

flood (third-person singular simple present floods, present participle flooding, simple past and past participle flooded)

To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.

To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.

(figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.

(Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.

To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.

Antonyms

• (overflow): drain

Synonyms

• (overflow): overfill

• (cover): inundate

• (provide with large number): inundate, swamp, deluge

Anagrams

• of old

Etymology 1

Proper noun

the Flood

(biblical) The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.

Synonyms

• Deluge

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Flood (plural Floods)

A surname.

Anagrams

• of old

Source: Wiktionary

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Flood, n. Etym: [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. flod; akin to D. vloed, OS. flod, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. floedh, Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. flodus; from the root of E. flow. sq. root80. See Flow, v. i.]

1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation. A covenant never to destroy The earth again by flood. Milton.

2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Shak.

3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency.

4. Menstrual disharge; menses. Harvey. Flood anchor (Naut.) , the anchor by which a ship is held while the tide is rising.

– Flood fence, a fence so secured that it will not be swept away by a flood.

– Flood gate, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.

– Flood mark, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood, rises; high-water mark.

– Flood tide, the rising tide; -- opposed to ebb tide.

– The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah.

Flood, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flooded; p. pr. & vb. n. Flooding.]

1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.

2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as, to flood a country with a depreciated currency.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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