Synonyms: 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
Similar words: geological phenomenon
Definition: a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth
Synonyms: torrent, cloudburst, pelter, soaker, waterspout, downpour, deluge
Definition: a heavy rain
Definition: water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
Synonyms: flood, torrent, deluge, inundation
Definition: an overwhelming number or amount
Usage: a flood of requests; a torrent of abuse
Similar words: batch, mint, mountain, muckle, peck, passel, tidy sum, deal, spate, sight, slew, stack, heap, hatful, good deal, great deal, wad, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, lot, mass, mess, mickle, flock
Definition: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Usage: a batch of letters; a deal of trouble; a lot of money; he made a mint on the stock market; see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos; it must have cost plenty; a slew of journalists; a wad of money
Synonyms: inundate, deluge, submerge
Definition: fill or cover completely, usually with water
Similar words: flood
Definition: cover with liquid, usually water
Usage: The swollen river flooded the village; The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes
Synonyms: overwhelm, deluge, flood out
Definition: charge someone with too many tasks
Similar words: charge, burden, saddle
Definition: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
Usage: He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: fill, fill up, make full
Definition: make full, also in a metaphorical sense
Usage: fill a container; fill the child with pride