Canadian English Meaning of flood
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Definitions and Meaning of flood in English
flood (n)
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
an overwhelming number or amount
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
a large flow
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
flood (v)
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
cover with liquid, usually water
supply with an excess of
become filled to overflowing
flood (v. i.)
A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.
The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood.
A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency.
Menstrual disharge; menses.
flood (v. t.)
To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.
To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as, to flood a country with a depreciated currency.
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flood
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land, an overwhelming number or amount, light that is a source of artificial illumination ha
torrent,avalanche,Bathroom,Blizzard,cataclysm,cataract,deluge,Flood tide,influx,Inundation
drought,drip,drought,trickle,dribble
flong => flong, flon => flon, flogging => flogging, flogger => flogger, flogged => flogged,
