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| flood [ flud ] |
noun (plural floods) |
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1. water covering previously dry area: a very large amount of water that has overflowed from a source such as a river or a broken pipe onto a previously dry area
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2. huge number: a very large number of people or things
  a flood of complaints
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3. high tide: the flowing in to land of water, associated with a rising tide
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4. electricity
Same as floodlightn (sense 1)
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verb (past and past participle flood·ed, present participle flood·ing, 3rd person present singular floods) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb cover area with water: to cover a previously dry area with large amounts of water, or be covered with large amounts of water
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2. intransitive verb overflow: to undergo conditions in which water overflows banks or barriers
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3. intransitive verb arrive in large numbers: to arrive somewhere in very large numbers
Messages of support are still flooding in.
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4. transitive verb send somebody many calls or letters: to send a very large number of calls, letters, or complaints to an organization
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usually used in the passive
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We have been flooded with offers of help.
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5. intransitive verb feel emotion suddenly and intensely: to feel a particular emotion, sensation, or memory suddenly and intensely
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6. transitive and intransitive verb fill with light: to shine strongly so that a place becomes filled with a bright or glowing light
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literary
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7. transitive verb economics supply or produce something to excess: to supply too much of a product to a market, pushing prices down and keeping them low
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8. transitive and intransitive verb automotive supply too much gas to carburetor: to send too much gas to a carburetor in a car engine, or be supplied with too much, so that the car fails to start
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| [ Old English flōd< Germanic] |
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| flood·a·ble adjective |
| flood·ed adjective |
| flood·er noun |
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be in flood to be so full of water that banks or barriers are overflowed
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