Definition of Flood
Noun
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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
- flood tide - rising tide -
the act of flooding
filling to overflowing
flowage -
a large flow
overflow outpouring -
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam
used in photography
floodlight - flood lamp photoflood -
an overwhelming number or amount
"a flood of requests"
"a torrent of abuse"
inundation deluge torrent -
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
"plains fertilized by annual inundations"
inundation deluge alluvion
Verb
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become filled to overflowing
"Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
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supply with an excess of
"flood the market with tennis shoes"
"Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
oversupply glut -
cover with liquid, usually water
"The swollen river flooded the village"
"The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
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fill quickly beyond capacity
as with a liquid
"the basement was inundated after the storm"
"The images flooded his mind"
deluge inundate swamp
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Unscramble flood
19 unscramble word found using the letters flood.
do, dof, dol, doo, dool, flood, fold, foo, food, fool, lo, lod, loo, loof, od, of, old, oo, oof,