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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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flash flood,
flashflood 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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muckle,
mickle,
quite a little,
passel,
slew,
great deal,
good deal,
tidy sum,
hatful,
plenty,
mountain,
raft,
spate,
peck,
batch,
heap,
wad,
stack,
flock,
mess,
mint,
sight,
lot,
pile,
mass,
pot,
deal as many or as much as a hat will hold
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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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stream,
flow dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
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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 source,
light 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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spread over,
cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!"
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flood out,
deluge,
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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inundate,
deluge,
submerge fill or cover completely, usually with water
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swamp,
drench drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
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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,
supply,
provide,
render 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 up,
fill eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
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