Flood - Definition
flood
n 1: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto
normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual
inundations" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge,
alluvion]
2: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a
torrent of abuse" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge,
torrent]
3: light that is a source of artificial illumination having a
broad beam; used in photography [syn: flood, floodlight,
flood lamp, photoflood]
4: a large flow [syn: flood, overflow, outpouring]
5: the act of flooding; filling to overflowing [syn: flood,
flowage]
6: the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the
following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which,
taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare [syn:
flood tide, flood, rising tide] [ant: ebbtide]
v 1: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the
basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images
flooded his mind" [syn: deluge, flood, inundate,
swamp]
2: cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded
the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
3: supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis
shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
[syn: flood, oversupply, glut]
4: become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during
the heavy rains"