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
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a large flow
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light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam
used in photography
- flood lamp -
an overwhelming number or amount
"a flood of requests"
"a torrent of abuse"
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the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
"plains fertilized by annual inundations"
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"
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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"