Defenition of the word flood

• Defenition of the word flood

  • An overflowing; an inundation or flood, especially when the water is charged with much suspended material. (Source: BJGEO)
  • An unusual accumulation of water above the ground caused by high tide, heavy rain, melting snow or rapid runoff from paved areas.
  • To cover with large amounts of water.
  • fill beyond capacity; "The water flooded the fields"
  • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
  • the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
  • the inward flow of the tide; "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
  • cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
  • become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
  • an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
  • a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
  • incoming; "flood tide"; "high tide"
  • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
  • a large flow
  • supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"
  • light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
  • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
  • supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
  • the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
  • an overwhelming number or amount
  • cover with liquid, usually water
  • become filled to overflowing
  • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
  • supply with an excess of

Synonyms for the word flood

• • deluge
  • flood lamp
  • floodlight
  • high
  • inundate
  • inundation
  • outpouring
  • overflow
  • oversupply
  • photoflood
  • swamp
  • torrent

Similar words in the flood

• • advancing
  • deluge
  • flood in
  • flood out
  • overwhelm
  • rising

Meronymys for the word flood

• • flood tide
  • photographic equipment
  • rising tide

Hyponyms for the word flood

• • debacle
  • deluge
  • drench
  • effusion
  • flash flood
  • flashflood
  • flow
  • inundate
  • noachian deluge
  • noah and the flood
  • noah's flood
  • submerge
  • swamp
  • the flood

Hypernyms for the word flood

• • batch
  • cover
  • deal
  • fill
  • fill up
  • filling
  • flock
  • flow
  • flowing
  • furnish
  • geological phenomenon
  • good deal
  • great deal
  • hatful
  • heap
  • light
  • light source
  • lot
  • make full
  • mass
  • mess
  • mickle
  • mint
  • mountain
  • muckle
  • occupy
  • passel
  • peck
  • pile
  • plenty
  • pot
  • provide
  • quite a little
  • raft
  • render
  • sight
  • slew
  • spate
  • spread over
  • stack
  • stream
  • supply
  • surname
  • tide
  • tidy sum
  • wad
  • whole lot
  • whole slew

Antonyms for the word flood

• • ebb
  • low

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