flood

flood  (fld)

n.

1. An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.

2. A flood tide.

3. An abundant flow or outpouring: received a flood of applications. See Synonyms at flow.

4. A floodlight, specifically a unit that produces a beam of intense light.

5. Flood In the Bible, the covering of the earth with water that occurred during the time of Noah.

v. flood·ed, flood·ing, floods

v.tr.

1. To cover or submerge with or as if with a flood; inundate: My desk is flooded with paper.

2. To fill with an abundance or an excess: flood the market with cheap goods.

v.intr.

1. To become inundated or submerged.

2. To pour forth; overflow.

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[Middle English flod, from Old English fld; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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flood

Noun

1. an overflowing of water on an area that is normally dry

2. a large amount of water

3. the rising of the tide from low to high water Related adjective diluvial or diluvian

4. a large amount: a flood of letters

5. Theatre short for floodlight

Verb

1. to cover or become covered with water

2. to fill to overflowing

3. to put a large number of goods on sale on (a market) at the same time, often at a cheap price: the US was flooded with cheap televisions

4. to flow or surge: the memories flooded back

5. to supply excess petrol to (a petrol engine) so that it cannot work properly

6. to bleed profusely from the womb [Old English flōd]

flooding n

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Flood

Noun

the Flood Old Testament the flood from which Noah and his family and livestock were saved in the ark (Genesis 7–8)

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flood  (fld)

A temporary rise of the water level, as in a river or lake or along a seacoast, resulting in its spilling over and out of its natural or artificial confines onto land that is normally dry. Floods are usually caused by excessive runoff from precipitation or snowmelt, or by coastal storm surges or other tidal phenomena. Floods are sometimes described according to their statistical occurrence. A fifty-year flood is a flood having a magnitude that is reached in a particular location on average once every fifty years. In any given year there is a two percent statistical chance of the occurrence of a fifty-year flood and a one percent chance of a hundred-year flood.

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Flood a large body of water; a great flow or stream of any fluid; any great overwhelming quantity.

Examples: flood of banknotes; of eloquence, 1599; of fire, 1711; of joy, 1719; of laughter, 1611; of lava; of golden light, 1680; of mutiny, 1710; of silver, 1894; of tears, 1589; of unbelief and carelessness, 1833; of visitors, 1607; of water; of fiery words, 1877.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	flood - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations" inundation, alluvion, deluge geological phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth debacle - flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer flash flood, flashflood - a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood - (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
	2.	flood - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" deluge, inundation, torrent good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
	3.	flood - light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography flood lamp, floodlight, photoflood light source, light - any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights" photographic equipment - equipment used by a photographer
	4.	flood - a large flow                         overflow, outpouring flow, stream - the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression effusion - flow under pressure
	5.	flood - the act of flooding; filling to overflowing flowage filling - the act of filling something
	6.	flood - the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare rising tide, flood tide tide - the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
Verb	1.	flood - fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" deluge, inundate, swamp fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" flood in - arrive in great numbers
	2.	flood - cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes" flow - cover or swamp with water inundate, deluge, submerge - fill or cover completely, usually with water spread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave" drench, swamp - drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor" flood out, overwhelm, deluge - charge someone with too many tasks
	3.	flood - supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" oversupply, glut furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	4.	flood - become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains" fill, fill up - become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"

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flood

noun 1. deluge, downpour, flash flood, inundation, tide, overflow, torrent, spate, freshet

noun 2. torrent, flow, rush, stream, tide, abundance, multitude, glut, outpouring, profusion

noun 3. series, stream, avalanche, barrage, spate, torrent

noun 4. outpouring, rush, stream, surge, torrent

verb 5. immerse, swamp, submerge, inundate, deluge, drown, cover with water

verb 6. pour over, swamp, run over, overflow, inundate, brim over

verb 7. engulf, flow into, rush into, sweep into, overwhelm, surge into, swarm into, pour into, gush into

verb 8. saturate, fill, choke, swamp, glut, oversupply, overfill

verb 9. stream, flow, rush, pour, surge >> adjectives fluvial, diluvial

Translations

flood [flʌd] n → inundación f [of words, tears etc] → torrente m

vt (AUT) [+ carburettor]; inundar;

(also: to flood the market) (COMM) → inundar el mercado

flood [flʌd] n → inondation f [of letters, refugees etc]; flot m

vt → inonder;

(Aut) [+ carburettor]; noyer

vi [place] → être inondé; [people];

to flood into → envahir;

to flood the market (Comm) → inonder le marché;

in flood → en crue

flood [flʌd] n → Überschwemmung f;

(of letters, imports etc) → Flut f

vt → überschwemmen;

(Aut) → absaufen lassen (inf)

vi → überschwemmt werden;

to be in flood → Hochwasser führen;

to flood the market → den Markt überschwemmen;

to flood into Hungary/the square/the palace → nach Ungarn/auf den Platz/in den Palast strömen

flood [flʌd] n → alluvione f [of words, tears etc] → diluvio

vt → inondare, allagare;

(AUT) [+ carburettor]; ingolfare;

in flood → in pieno;

to flood the market (COMM) → inondare il mercato

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flood

n flood [flad]

1 a great overflow of water If it continues to rain like this, we shall have floods. vloed; oorstromings طوفان، فَيَضان потоп povodeň oversvømmelse die Überschwemmung πλημύρα inundación (vee)uputus سیل tulva inondation שִיטָפוֹן बाढ़, पानी भर जाना poplava ár(víz) air bah flóð inondazione, allagamento 洪水 홍수 potvynis plūdi banjir overstroming flom, oversvømmelse, høyvann powódź inundação inundaţie наводнение povodeň poplava poplava översvämning น้ำท่วม sel 水災，洪水 повінь سیلاب cơn lũ lụt 水灾，洪水

2 any great quantity a flood of fan mail. vloedgolf سَيْلٌ من، عدد هائِل من наводнение záplava hav; væld die Flut σωρεία, πλημύρα (μτφ.) torrente, avalancha tulv مقدار زیاد tulva déluge שֶׁטֶף बाढ़ आना, बहुतायत से obilje özön banjir flaumur inondazione 殺到 엄청난 양, (...의) 홍수 antplūdis (par lielu daudzumu) plūdi; straume melimpah stroom flom, hav zalew inundação potop поток záplava poplava gomila [] ström ไหลบ่า furya, akın 大量 потік بڑی تعداد số lượng hoặc khối lượng lớn 大量

v

to (cause something to) overflow with water She left the water running and flooded the kitchen. die kombuis oorstroom يُغْرِق، يَغْمُر наводнявам zaplavit oversvømme unter Wasser setzen πλημυρίζω, κατακλύζω inundar üle ujutama, üle voolama پر از آب کردن؛ سیل زده کردن saada tulvimaan, tulvia yli inonder לְהָצִיף जलप्लावित कर देना poplaviti eláraszt membanjiri (láta) flæða yfir inondare, allagare 水浸しになる 넘치다; 넘치게 하다 užpilti, užtvindyti applūdināt; pārplūdināt; pārplūst membanjiri doen overstromen sette under vann, oversvømme zalać inundar a inunda затоплять zaplaviť poplaviti poplaviti översvämma, [] svämma över ทำให้ไหลไปด้วยน้ำ sel basmak, taşmak 淹沒 затопляти; виходити з берегів کسی جگہ میں پانی بھر جانا ngập nước 淹没

n ˈfloodlight

a kind of very strong light often used to light up the outside of buildings etc There were floodlights in the sports stadium. spreiligte أنوار كاشِفَه أو غامِرَه прожектор reflektor projektør das Flutlicht προβολέας foco tulvvalgus, tulvar نورافکن valonheitin projecteur זַרקוֹר तेज रोशनी वाली लाइट reflektor (za osvjetljavanje) reflektorfény lampu sorot flóðljós riflettore 投光照明 투광(投光) 조명 prožektorius starmetis; prožektors lampu suluh strijklicht flombelysning jupiter holofote reflector прожектор reflektor žaromet reflektor strålkastare, strålkastarljus การฉายแสงไฟที่สว่างจ้าไปทั่วสนามหรือนอกบริเวณอาคาร projector, ışıldak 泛光燈 прожектор بڑی تیز روشنی جو عمارت کے باہر یا کھیل کے میدان میں استعمال کی جاتی ہے đèn pha 泛光灯

v – past tense, past participle ˈfloodlit [-lit] –

to light with floodlights. onder spreiligte يَغْمُرُ بالنّور، يضيء أنوارا كاشِفَه осветявам osvětlit světlometem oplyse med projektør anstrahlen φωτίζω με προβολέα iluminar tulvaritega valgustama با نورافکن نور تاباندن valaista valonheittimin éclairer (aux projecteurs) לְהָאִיר בְּזַרקוֹר तेज रोशनी से प्रकाशित करना obasjati reflektorom kivilágít menerangi flóðlÿsa illuminare (con i riflettori) 投光照明する 투광 조명으로 비추다 apšviesti prožektoriais apgaismot ar starmeti menerangi met strijklicht verlichten flombelyse, opplyse oświetlać jupiterami iluminar a lumina (cu reflectoare) освещать прожектором osvetliť reflektormi osvetliti (z žarometi) osvetliti reflektorima belysa med strålkastare ฉายแสงไฟที่สว่างจ้าไปทั่วสนามหรือนอกบริเวณอาคาร ışıldakla aydınlatmak 用泛光燈照明 освітлювати прожектором تیز روشنی سے منوّر کیا گیا chiếu sáng bằng đèn pha 用泛光灯照明

n ˈfloodlighting

spreiverligting إضاءَه غامِرَه أو كاشِفَه осветяване osvětlení reflektory projektørlys die Flutlichtbeleuchtung φωτισμός με προβολέα iluminación tulvvalgustus نور افکنی valaiseminen illumination (par projecteurs) תְּאוּרָת זַרקוֹרִים तेज रोशनी से प्रकाशित करना osvjetljenje reflektorima (dísz)kivilágítás penerangan flóðlÿsing illuminazione (con i riflettori) 投光照明 투광 조명으로 비추다 prožektorių apšvietimas apgaismošana ar starmeti menerangi strijklicht flombelysning oświetlenie jupiterami iluminação iluminaţie (cu reflec­toare) прожекторное освещение slávnostné osvetlenie osvetlitev osvetljavanje reflektorima strålkastarbelysning, fasadbelysning การฉายแสงไฟที่สว่างจ้าไปทั่วสนามหรือนอกบริเวณอาคาร projektörle aydınlatma 泛光照明 освітлення прожектором تیز روشنی سے منوّر sự rọi đèn pha 泛光照明

adj ˈfloodlit

onder spreiligte مُضاء بِأنوار كاشِفَه осветен osvětlený projektørbelyst in Flutlicht getaucht φωτισμένος με προβολείς iluminado (tulv)valgustatud نور باران valaistu illuminé (par des projecteurs) מוּאָר בְּזַרקוֹרִים तेज रोशनी से प्रकाशित obasjan reflektorima kivilágított diterangi flóðlÿstur illuminato (con i riflettori) 投光照明された 투광 조명으로 비추는 apšviestas prožektoriais starmešu apgaismots diterangi cahaya door strijklicht verlicht flombelyst oświetlony jupiterami iluminado iluminat (cu reflectoare) залитый светом прожектора osvetlený osvetljen osvetljen reflektorima strålkastarbelyst ที่สว่างจ้าออกไป projektörle aydınlatılmış 用泛光照明的 освітлений прожектором منوّر tràn ngập ánh sáng 用泛光照明的

n ˌflood-ˈtide

the rising tide. vloedgety أوج المَد ، المَد المُرتَفِع прилив příliv flod die Flut πλημυρίδα marea creciente tõus مد vuoksi marée montante גֵאוּת ज्वारीय बाढ़ plima dagály pasang naik flóð marea crescente/montante 満潮 밀물, 만조 kylantis potvynis paisums pasang naik vloed høyvann, flo(tid) przypływ maré enchente flux прилив príliv plima plima högvatten, flod น้ำขึ้น med, kabarma 漲潮 припливна течія جوار triều cường; nước triều lên 涨潮