noun
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
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- plains fertilized by annual inundations
noun
an overwhelming number or amount
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- a flood of requests
- a torrent of abuse
noun
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam
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- used in photography
noun
a large flow
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noun
the act of flooding
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- filling to overflowing
noun
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
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flood tide
rising tide
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- a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
verb
fill quickly beyond capacity
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- as with a liquid
- the basement was inundated after the storm
- The images flooded his mind
verb
cover with liquid, usually water
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- The swollen river flooded the village
- The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes
verb
supply with an excess of
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- flood the market with tennis shoes
- Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient
verb
become filled to overflowing
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- Our basement flooded during the heavy rains