flood (verb)
1flood — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 large amount of water ADJECTIVE ▪ catastrophic, devastating, great, severe ▪ flash ▪ spring, summer …
2flood out — verb charge someone with too many tasks • Syn: ↑overwhelm, ↑deluge • Derivationally related forms: ↑deluge (for: ↑deluge) • Hypernyms: ↑charge, ↑ …
3flood — ► NOUN 1) an overflow of a large amount of water over dry land. 2) (the Flood) the biblical flood brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of the human race. 3) an overwhelming quantity of things or people appearing at once. 4) an… …
4flood back — ˌflood ˈback [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they flood back he/she/it floods back present participle flooding back past tense …
5flood — (n.) O.E. flod a flowing of water, flood, an overflowing of land by water, Noah s Flood; mass of water, river, sea, wave, from P.Gmc. *flothuz (Cf. O.Fris. flod, O.N. floð, M.Du. vloet, Du. vloed, Ger. Flut, Goth. flodus), from PIE verbal stem… …
6flood in — verb arrive in great numbers • Hypernyms: ↑arrive, ↑get, ↑come • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s * * * roll/flood/ …
7flood|light — «FLUHD LYT», noun, verb, light|ed or lit, light|ing. –n. 1. a lamp that gives a broad beam of light: »Silhouetted by its own 98 floodlights, the Capitol is white and serene against the winter night sky (Newsweek) …
8flood — [[t]flʌ̱d[/t]] ♦♦♦ floods, flooding, flooded 1) N VAR If there is a flood, a large amount of water covers an area which is usually dry, for example when a river flows over its banks or a pipe bursts. More than 70 people were killed in the floods …
9flood — flood1 [ flʌd ] verb ** ▸ 1 when water covers something ▸ 2 arrive in large numbers ▸ 3 when light fills place ▸ 4 about engine ▸ 5 suddenly start to cry ▸ 6 when face turns red ▸ 7 feel emotion strongly ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive if water… …
10flood — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flōd; akin to Old High German fluot flood, Old English flōwan to flow Date: before 12th century 1. a. a rising and overflowing of a body of water especially onto normally dry land; also a… …