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flood noun
Meaning : The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land.
Example :
Plains fertilized by annual inundations.
Synonyms : alluvion, deluge, inundation
Meaning : An overwhelming number or amount.
Example :
A flood of requests.
A torrent of abuse.
Synonyms : deluge, inundation, torrent
Meaning : Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam. Used in photography.
Synonyms : flood lamp, floodlight, photoflood
Meaning : A large flow.
Synonyms : outpouring, overflow
Meaning : The act of flooding. Filling to overflowing.
Synonyms : flowage
Meaning : The occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide).
Example :
A tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
Synonyms : flood tide, rising tide
The tide while water is flowing out.
ebbtideflood verb
Meaning : Cover with liquid, usually water.
Example :
The swollen river flooded the village.
The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes.
Meaning : Supply with an excess of.
Example :
Flood the market with tennis shoes.
Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient.
Synonyms : glut, oversupply
Meaning : Become filled to overflowing.
Example :
Our basement flooded during the heavy rains.
