Definitions for flood

Overview of noun flood

The noun flood has 6 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)

1. (5) flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion

(the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations")

2. (2) flood, inundation, deluge, torrent

(an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse")

3. (2) flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood

(light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography)

4. (2) flood, overflow, outpouring

(a large flow)

5. (1) flood, flowage

(the act of flooding; filling to overflowing)

6. flood tide, flood, rising tide

(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)

Overview of verb flood

The verb flood has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (6) deluge, flood, inundate, swamp

(fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind")

2. (3) flood

(cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes")

3. flood, oversupply, glut

(supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient")

4. flood

(become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains")