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flood - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations" |
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inundation,
deluge,
alluvion |
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geological phenomenon a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth
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debacle a sudden and violent collapse
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flashflood,
flash flood a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
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noachian deluge,
noah's flood,
noah and the flood,
the flood (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
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flood - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" |
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inundation,
deluge,
torrent |
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batch,
deal,
flock,
good deal,
great deal,
hatful,
heap,
lot,
mass,
mess,
mickle,
mint,
mountain,
muckle,
passel,
peck,
pile,
plenty,
pot,
quite a little,
raft,
sight,
slew,
spate,
stack,
tidy sum,
wad a collection of things or persons to be handled together
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flood - the act of flooding; filling to overflowing |
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flowage |
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filling the act of filling something
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flood - a large flow |
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overflow,
outpouring |
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flow,
stream the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression
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effusion flow under pressure
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flood - light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography |
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floodlight,
photoflood |
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light,
light source any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights"
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photographic equipment equipment used by a photographer
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| Verb |
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flood - cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes" |
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cover,
spread over clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!"
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deluge,
flood out,
overwhelm fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
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flow cover or swamp with water
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deluge,
inundate,
submerge fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
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drench,
swamp cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face"
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flood - supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" |
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oversupply,
glut |
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furnish,
provide,
render,
supply provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"
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flood - become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains" |
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fill,
fill up plug with a substance; "fill a cavity"
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