Flood - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- an overwhelming number or amount (syn: deluge, inundation, torrent)
- a large flow (syn: outpouring, overflow)
- the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
- the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
verb
The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes
Extra examples
A flood inundated the whole area.
The water has risen to flood level.
We've received a flood of mail.
Seeing her again brought back a flood of memories.
Heavy rains flooded the valley.
The rivers are close to flooding.
The valley flooded after the heavy rains.
The plain floods every spring.
The room was flooded with light.
The company plans to flood the market with this product.
The office has been flooded with phone calls.
The phone calls have been flooding in.
Refugees flooded into the camp.
Light flooded into the room.
The flood subsides.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: flood
he/she/it: floods
present participle: flooding
past tense: flooded
past participle: flooded
singular: flood
plural: floods
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