Definitions for flood

Definitions for (noun) flood

Main entry: outpouring, overflow, flood

Definition: a large flow


Main entry: flood, flowage

Definition: the act of flooding; filling to overflowing


Main entry: photoflood, flood, flood lamp, floodlight

Definition: light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography


Main entry: rising tide, flood, flood tide

Definition: the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)

Usage: a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune -Shakespeare


Main entry: flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion

Definition: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

Usage: plains fertilized by annual inundations


Main entry: flood, torrent, deluge, inundation

Definition: an overwhelming number or amount

Usage: a flood of requests; a torrent of abuse


Definitions for (verb) flood

Main entry: flood

Definition: cover with liquid, usually water

Usage: The swollen river flooded the village; The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes


Main entry: flood

Definition: become filled to overflowing

Usage: Our basement flooded during the heavy rains


Main entry: swamp, flood, inundate, deluge

Definition: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

Usage: the basement was inundated after the storm; The images flooded his mind


Main entry: flood, oversupply, glut

Definition: supply with an excess of

Usage: flood the market with tennis shoes; Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient


Visual thesaurus for flood