2flood verb
floods; flood·ed; flood·ing 1 a : to cover (land) with a flood [+ obj] ▪ Heavy rains flooded the valley. [no obj] ▪ The rivers are close to flooding.
b [no obj] : to become filled or covered by a flood
▪ The valley flooded after the heavy rains. ▪ The plain floods every spring. 2 [+ obj] a : to fill (something) completely
▪ Light flooded the room. ▪ The room was flooded with light.
b : to cause (something) to receive or take in a large amount of things at the same time
▪ The company plans to flood the market with this product. ▪ The office has been flooded with phone calls. 3 [no obj] : to go or come in large numbers or as a large amount
▪ The phone calls have been flooding in. ▪ Refugees flooded into the camp. ▪ Light flooded into the room. ▪ Memories came flooding into my mind. 4 : to cause too much fuel to go into (an engine) [+ obj] ▪ He wasn't able to start the car because he had flooded the engine. [no obj] ▪ The car's engine flooded.
b [no obj] : to become filled or covered by a flood
▪ The valley flooded after the heavy rains. ▪ The plain floods every spring.
▪ Light flooded the room. ▪ The room was flooded with light.
b : to cause (something) to receive or take in a large amount of things at the same time
▪ 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. ▪ Memories came flooding into my mind.
