flood
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
floods
plural
floods
Britannica Dictionary definition of FLOOD
1
[count]
:
a large amount of water covering an area of land that is usually dry
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A flood inundated the whole area.
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the devastating flood of 1936
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The water has risen to flood level.
2
the Flood
:
a flood described in the Bible as covering the earth in the time of Noah
3
[singular]
:
a large amount of things that come or happen at the same time
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We've received a flood of mail.
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a flood of phone calls
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a flood of criticism
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a flood of tears
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Seeing her again brought back a flood of memories.
in flood
◊ A river that is in flood has so much water in it that it may flow over its banks and flood the land next to it.
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After a week of rain, the river is in (full) flood.
◊ The phrase in full flood is sometimes used figuratively to describe the time when something is most active, successful, etc.
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a political movement that was in full flood in the 1980s
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flood
/ˈflʌd/
verb
floods;
flooded;
flooding
2
flood
/ˈflʌd/
verb
floods;
flooded;
flooding
Britannica Dictionary definition of FLOOD
1
a
:
to cover (land) with a flood
[+ object]
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Heavy rains flooded the valley.
[no object]
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The rivers are close to flooding.
b
[no object]
:
to become filled or covered by a flood
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The valley flooded after the heavy rains.
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The plain floods every spring.
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[+ object]
a
:
to fill (something) completely
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Light flooded the room.
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The room was flooded with light.
b
:
to cause (something) to receive or take in a large amount of things at the same time
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The company plans to flood the market with this product.
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The office has been flooded with phone calls.
3
[no object]
:
to go or come in large numbers or as a large amount
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The phone calls have been flooding in.
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Refugees flooded into the camp.
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Light flooded into the room.
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Memories came flooding into my mind.
4
:
to cause too much fuel to go into (an engine)
[+ object]
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He wasn't able to start the car because he had flooded the engine.
[no object]
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The car's engine flooded.
