floods

Noun

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
• an overwhelming number or amount
• 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
• plural of flood

Verb

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
• cover with liquid, usually water
• supply with an excess of
• become filled to overflowing
• third-person singular simple present indicative of flood

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

ebbtide