flood
noun
[ flʌd ]
• an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.
• "the villagers had been cut off by floods and landslides"
Similar:
inundation,
swamping,
deluge,
torrent,
overflow,
flash flood,
freshet,
downpour,
cloudburst,
spate,
• an outpouring of tears.
• "she burst into floods of tears"
• short for floodlight.
flood
verb
• cover or submerge (an area) with water in a flood.
• "the dam burst, flooding a small town"
• arrive in overwhelming amounts or quantities.
• "sunlight flooded in at the windows"
• (of a woman) experience a uterine haemorrhage.
Origin:
Old English flōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloed and German Flut, also to flow.
