English to English

flood

(fl/@/d )

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land(noun.phenomenon)

Synonym:
alluvion, deluge, inundation

source: wordnet30
an overwhelming number or amount(noun.quantity)

Example:
A flood of requests.

Synonym:
deluge, inundation, torrent

source: wordnet30
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
flood lamp, floodlight, photoflood

source: wordnet30
a large flow(noun.act)

Synonym:
outpouring, overflow

source: wordnet30
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing(noun.act)

Synonym:
flowage

source: wordnet30
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)(noun.event)

Example:
A tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.

Synonym:
flood tide, rising tide
Antonym:
ebbtide

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid(verb.contact)

Example:
The images flooded his mind.

Synonym:
deluge, inundate, swamp

source: wordnet30
cover with liquid, usually water(verb.change)

Example:
The swollen river flooded the village.
The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes.

source: wordnet30
supply with an excess of(verb.possession)

Example:
Flood the market with tennis shoes.

Synonym:
glut, oversupply

source: wordnet30
become filled to overflowing(verb.change)

Example:
Our basement flooded during the heavy rains.

source: wordnet30
To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.(verb)

source: webster1913

Bookmark This Site