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flood   (TTS Sound)

The noun flood has 6 senses

• flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion -- (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations")


• flood, inundation, deluge, torrent -- (an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse")


• flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood -- (light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography)


• flood, overflow, outpouring -- (a large flow)


• flood, flowage -- (the act of flooding; filling to overflowing)


• flood tide, flood, rising tide -- (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)

The verb flood has 4 senses

• deluge, flood, inundate, swamp -- (fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind")


• flood -- (cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes")


• flood, oversupply, glut -- (supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient")


• flood -- (become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains")