flood

Plural: floods

Noun

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
• an overwhelming number or amount
  • "a flood of requests"
• light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
• a large flow
• the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
• the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); -Shakespeare
  • "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune"
• An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
• 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.
• Water as opposed to land.

Verb

Verb Forms: flooded, flooding, floods

• To cover or inundate with a large amount of water.
• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
  • "The images flooded his mind"
• cover with liquid, usually water
  • "The swollen river flooded the village"
  • "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
• supply with an excess of
  • "flood the market with tennis shoes"
• become filled to overflowing
  • "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
• To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
• To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
• To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
• To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
• To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.

Examples

• a flood of complaints
• His opponent’s strong play seemed to flood the Scrabble board with high-scoring tiles.
• The floor was flooded with beer.
• The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.
• They flooded the room with sewage.

Synonyms

alluvion, deluge, flood lamp, flood tide, floodlight, flowage, glut, inundate, inundation, outpouring, overflow, oversupply, photoflood, rising tide, swamp, torrent, overfill, spam

Antonyms

ebbtide, drain

Related Words

barrage, deluge, diversion, dump, gush, hail, heap, inundate, inundation, pour, rain, sheetwash, shower, stream, swamp, torrent