flood

flood

 (flŭd)

n.

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

2. A flood tide.

3. A large amount or number, especially when moving from one place to another: 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 water; inundate: The town was flooded when the dam burst.

2. To move into or fill in large numbers or amounts: People flooded the square. His inbox was flooded with mail.

3. To overwhelm in large numbers: The theater was flooded with ticket requests.

4. To put too much fuel into the carburetor of (an engine), resulting in unsuccessful ignition.

v.intr.

1. To become inundated or submerged: The underpass floods after a heavy rain.

2. To pour forth; overflow: The river floods nearly every spring.

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

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flood

(flʌd)

n

1. (Physical Geography)

a. the inundation of land that is normally dry through the overflowing of a body of water, esp a river

b. the state of a river that is at an abnormally high level (esp in the phrase in flood). diluvial

2. a great outpouring or flow: a flood of words.

3. (Physical Geography)

a. the rising of the tide from low to high water

b. (as modifier): the flood tide. Compare ebb³

4. (Theatre) theatre short for floodlight

5. archaic a large body of water, as the sea or a river

vb

6. (Physical Geography) (of water) to inundate or submerge (land) or (of land) to be inundated or submerged

7. to fill or be filled to overflowing, as with a flood: the children's home was flooded with gifts.

8. (intr) to flow; surge: relief flooded through him.

9. (Automotive Engineering) to supply an excessive quantity of petrol to (a carburettor or petrol engine) or (of a carburettor, etc) to be supplied with such an excess

10. (Physical Geography) (intr) to rise to a flood; overflow

11. (Pathology) (intr)

a. to bleed profusely from the uterus, as following childbirth

b. to have an abnormally heavy flow of blood during a menstrual period

[Old English flōd; related to Old Norse flōth, Gothic flōdus, Old High German fluot flood, Greek plōtos navigable; see flow, float]

ˈfloodable adj

ˈflooder n

ˈfloodless adj

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Flood

(flʌd)

n

(Bible) the Flood Old Testament the flood extending over all the earth from which Noah and his family and livestock were saved in the ark. (Genesis 7–8); the Deluge

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Flood

(flʌd)

n

(Biography) Henry. 1732–91, Anglo-Irish politician: leader of the parliamentary opposition to English rule

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flood

(flʌd)

n.

1. a great flowing or overflowing of water, esp. over land not usu. submerged.

2. any great outpouring or stream: a flood of tears.

3. the Flood, a universal deluge mentioned in various ancient religions, esp. the deluge recorded in the Bible as having occurred in the time of Noah (Gen. 7).

4. the rise or flowing in of the tide (opposed to ebb).

5. a floodlight.

6. Archaic. a large body of water.

v.t.

7. to cover with a flood; fill to overflowing.

8. to cover or fill as if with a flood: roads flooded with cars.

9. to overwhelm with an abundance of something: to be flooded with mail.

10. to supply too much fuel to (the carburetor), so that the engine fails to start.

11. to floodlight.

v.i.

12. to flow or pour in or as if in a flood.

13. to rise in a flood; overflow.

14. to become flooded.

[before 900; Middle English flod (n.), Old English flōd; c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon flōd, Old High German fluot]

flood′a•ble, adj.

flood′er, n.

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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.

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flood

Past participle: flooded
Gerund: flooding

Imperative

flood

flood

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flood

A lamp that gives a broad spread of light but is not focusable.

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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 This is the sort of flood dreaded by cavers.

2. torrent, flow, rush, stream, tide, abundance, multitude, glut, outpouring, profusion The administration is trying to stem the flood of refugees.

3. series, stream, avalanche, barrage, spate, torrent He received a flood of complaints.

4. outpouring, rush, stream, surge, torrent She broke into a flood of tears.

verb

1. immerse, swamp, submerge, inundate, deluge, drown, cover with water The river flooded its banks

2. pour over, swamp, run over, overflow, inundate, brim over Many streams have flooded their banks.

3. engulf, flow into, rush into, sweep into, overwhelm, surge into, swarm into, pour into, gush into Large numbers of immigrants flooded the area.

4. saturate, fill, choke, swamp, glut, oversupply, overfill a policy aimed at flooding Europe with exports

5. stream, flow, rush, pour, surge Enquiries flooded in from all over the world.

Related words
adjective fluvial, diluvial
fear antlophobia

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flood

noun

1. An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain:

alluvion, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, downpour, freshet, inundation, Niagara, overflow, torrent.

Chiefly British: spate.

2. Something suggestive of running water:

current, drift, flow, flux, rush, spate, stream, surge, tide.

verb

1. To flow over completely:

deluge, drown, engulf, flush, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, whelm.

2. To affect as if by an outpouring of water:

deluge, inundate, overwhelm, swamp, whelm.

3. To come or go in large numbers:

pour, swarm, throng, troop.

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Translations

سَيْلٌ من، عدد هائِل منطوفان، فَيَضانفَيَضَانيُغْرِقُيُغْرِق، يَغْمُر

наводнение

inundació

povodeňzaplavitzáplavarozvodnit sepotopa

oversvømmelseoversvømmeblive oversvømmethavvæld

FlutÜberschwemmungüberschwemmenunter Wasser setzenfluten

πλημμυρίζωπλημμύρακατακλύζω

inundo

inundacióninundaravalanchadesbordarsediluvio

üleujutusveetulv

سیل

tulvatulviahukuttaatukkia

inondationinondersubmergerabreuverafflux

מבולשיטפון

बाढ़

poplavapoplavitipotoppotopitipreplaviti

árvíz

banjir

flæîa yfirflaumurflóðflóî

allagamentoallagarealluvioneinondazionemare

氾濫する洪水氾濫させる

(...을) 범람시키다범람하다홍수

diluviarediluviuminundareinundatio

antplūdisapšviestas prožektoriaisapšviesti prožektoriaiskylantis potvynisprožektorių apšvietimas

plūdistraumeapplūdinātpārplūdinātpārplūst

overstromenoverstromingvloedonder water lopen

oversvømmeoversvømmelsesette under vannflomhav

powódźzalaćzostać zalanympotokpotop

enchenteextravasarinundaçãoinundaralagar

inundaţie

наводнениепотопзатопитьзатоплятьнаплыв

poplavapoplavitipovodenjpreplaviti

поплава

översvämningsvämma överöversvämma

ไหลบ่า ไหลล้นท่วมน้ำท่วม

selsel basmaksu baskınına uğramaksu basmaktaşmak

повінь

lũ lụtlụtnạn lụtngậptràn ngập

洪水淹没大量水灾

flood

[ˈflʌd]

n

(when rivers overflow) → inondation f
The rain has caused many floods → La pluie a provoqué de nombreuses inondations.
in flood [river] → en crue

[words, letters] → flot m, torrent m
He received a flood of letters → Il a reçu un flot de lettres.
to be in floods of tears → pleurer à chaudes larmes

vt → inonder
The river has flooded the village → La rivière a inondé le village.
to be flooded → être inondé(e)

(FINANCE) to flood the market → inonder le marché

(AUTOMOBILES) [+ carburettor] → noyer

vi

(= fill with water) → être inondé(e)

[river] → être en crue

flood in

vi (= arrive in large numbers) [people] → affluer; [letters, requests] → affluer

flood into

vt fus (= arrive in) → affluer dans

flood out

vi (= leave) [crowd] → s'en aller (en masse)

flood out of

vt fus [+ country, building] → quitterflood damage n → dommages mpl dus aux crues, dégâts mpl des eauxflood defences (British) n → ouvrages mpl anticrues, ouvrages mpl de protection contre les eauxflooded out adj
to be flooded out [building, area] → être inondé(e); [householder] → être chassé(e) par les inondations

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flood

n

(of water) → Flut f; floods → Überschwemmung f, → Hochwasser nt; (in several places) → Überschwemmungen pl, → Hochwasser nt; the Flood → die Sintflut; the river is in flood → der Fluss führt Hochwasser; she had a flood in the kitchen → ihre Küche stand unter Wasser

(fig) → Flut f, → Schwall m; she was in floods of tears → sie war in Tränen gebadet; the scene was bathed in a flood of light → die Szene war lichtüberflutet

(also flood tide) → Flut f

vt

fields, roads, town → überschwemmen, unter Wasser setzen; the village/cellar was flooded → das Dorf/der Keller war überschwemmt or stand unter Wasser; to flood the engine → den Motor absaufen lassen (inf)

(storm, rain) river, stream → über die Ufer treten lassen

(fig) → überschwemmen, überfluten; flooded with calls/complaints → mit Anrufen/Beschwerden überhäuft; flooded with light → lichtdurchflutet, von Licht durchflutet; she was flooded with relief → Erleichterung wallte in ihr auf

(Comm) to flood the market → den Markt überschwemmen

vi

(river) → über die Ufer treten; (bath etc) → überfließen, überlaufen; (cellar) → unter Wasser stehen; (garden, land) → überschwemmt werden

(people) → strömen, sich ergießen (geh); the crowd flooded into the streets → die Menge strömte auf die Straßen

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flood

:

flood control

n → Hochwasserschutz m

flood disaster

n → Flutkatastrophe f

floodgate

n → Schleusentor nt; to open the floods (fig) → Tür und Tor öffnen (→ to +dat)

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flood

:

floodlight vb: pret, ptp <floodlit>

vt buildings → anstrahlen; football pitch → mit Flutlicht beleuchten; (fig, = light brightly) → beleuchten

n (= device) → Scheinwerfer m; (= light) → Flutlicht nt; under floods → unter or bei Flutlicht

floodlighting

n

→ Flutlicht (→ anlage f) nt

(of building etc) → Beleuchtung f

floodlit

adj flood football match → Fußballspiel nt → bei or unter Flutlicht

flood plain

n → Schwemmebene f

flood protection

n → Hochwasserschutz m

flood tide

n → Flut f

flood victim

n (= person) → Flutopfer nt

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flood

[flʌd]

1. n → inondazione f, alluvione f; (of words, tears) → diluvio
the river is in flood → il fiume è in piena
the Flood (Rel) → il diluvio universale
a flood of letters → una marea di lettere
she was in floods of tears → era in un mare di lacrime

2. vt (town, fields) (fig) → inondare, allagare (Aut) (carburettor) → ingolfare
to flood the market (Comm) → inondare il mercato

3. vi (river) → straripare
the crowd flooded into the streets → la folla si riversò nelle strade

flood in vi + adv → entrare in grande quantità
the light flooded in through the window → una gran luce entrava dalla finestra

flood out vt + adv (house) → inondare
they were flooded out → l'inondazione li ha costretti ad abbandonare le loro case

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flood

(flad) noun

1. a great overflow of water. If it continues to rain like this, we shall have floods. vloed; oorstromings طوفان، فَيَضان потоп inundação povodeň die Überschwemmung oversvømmelse πλημύρα inundación (vee)uputus سیل tulva inondationשיטפון बाढ़, पानी भर जाना poplava ár(víz) air bah flóð inondazione, allagamento 洪水 홍수 potvynis plūdi banjir overstromingflom, oversvømmelse, høyvannpowódź سيلاب، نيز، مد 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 inundação záplava die Flut hav; væld σωρεία, πλημύρα torrente, avalancha tulv مقدار زیاد tulva délugeשטף बाढ़ आना, बहुतायत से obilje özön banjir flaumur inondazione 殺到 쇄도 antplūdis (par lielu daudzumu) plūdi; straume melimpah stroomflom, havzalew دیړه زیاته inundação potop поток záplava poplava gomila [strid] ström จำนวนมาก furya, akın 大量 потік بڑی تعداد số lượng hoặc khối lượng lớn 大量

verb

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

ˈfloodlight noun

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 holofote reflektor das Flutlicht projektør προβολέαςfoco tulvvalgus, tulvar نورافکن valonheitin projecteurזרקור तेज रोशनी वाली लाइट reflektor (za osvjetljavanje) reflektorfény lampu sorot flóðljós riflettore 投光照明 플러드라이트, 투광 조명 prožektorius starmetis; prožektors lampu suluh strijklicht flombelysning jupiter لایت 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

verb – past tense, past participle ˈfloodlit (-lit) –

to light with floodlights. onder spreiligte يَغْمُرُ بالنّور، يضيء أنوارا كاشِفَه осветявам iluminar osvětlit světlometem anstrahlen oplyse med projektør φωτίζω με προβολέα iluminar tulvaritega valgustama با نورافکن نور تاباندن valaista valonheittimin éclairer לְהָאִיר בְּזַרקוֹר तेज रोशनी से प्रकाशित करना obasjati reflektorom kivilágít menerangi flóðlÿsa illuminare 投光照明する 투광 조명으로 비추다 apšviesti prožektoriais apgaismot ar starmeti menerangi met strijklicht verlichten flombelyse, opplyse oświetlać jupiterami لایتس 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

ˈfloodlighting noun

spreiverligting إضاءَه غامِرَه أو كاشِفَه осветяване iluminação osvětlení reflektory die Flutlichtbeleuchtung projektørlys φωτισμός με προβολέα iluminación tulvvalgustus نور افکنی valaistus illumination תְּאוּרָת זַרקוֹרִים तेज रोशनी से प्रकाशित करना osvjetljenje reflektorima (dísz)kivilágítás penerangan flóðlÿsing illuminazione 投光照明 투광 조명 prožektorių apšvietimas apgaismošana ar starmeti menerangi strijklicht flombelysning oświetlenie jupiterami لایتی 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

ˈfloodlit adjective

onder spreiligte مُضاء بِأنوار كاشِفَه осветен iluminado osvětlený in Flutlicht getaucht projektørbelyst φωτισμένος με προβολείς iluminado (tulv)valgustatud نور باران valaistu illuminé מוּאָר בְּזַרקוֹרִים तेज रोशनी से प्रकाशित obasjan reflektorima kivilágított diterangi flóðlÿstur illuminato 投光照明された 투광 조명을 켠 apšviestas prožektoriais starmešu apgaismots diterangi cahaya door strijklicht verlicht flombelyst oświetlony jupiterami د باران رڼا 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

ˌflood-ˈtide noun

the rising tide. vloedgety أوج المَد ، المَد المُرتَفِع прилив maré enchente příliv die Flut flod πλημυρίδα marea creciente tõus مد nousuvesi marée montanteגאות ज्वारीय बाढ़ plima dagály pasang naik flóð marea crescente/montante 満潮 밀물 kylantis potvynis paisums pasang naik vloedhøyvann, floprzypływ مد maré enchente flux прилив príliv plima plima högvatten, flod น้ำขึ้น med, kabarma 漲潮 припливна течія جوار triều cường; nước triều lên 涨潮

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flood

→ فَيَضَان, يُغْرِقُ, يَفْيضُ povodeň, rozvodnit se, zaplavit blive oversvømmet, oversvømme, oversvømmelse Flut, überlaufen, überschwemmen πλημμύρα, πλημμυρίζω desbordarse, inundación, inundar, inundarse tulva, tulvia inondation, inonder poplava, poplaviti allagarsi, inondare, inondazione 氾濫させる, 氾濫する, 洪水 (...을) 범람시키다, 범람하다, 홍수 onder water lopen, overstromen, overstroming oversvømme, oversvømmelse powódź, zalać, zostać zalanym alagar, cheia, enchente, extravasar, inundar затопить, затоплять, потоп översvämma, översvämning, svämma över ไหลบ่า ไหลล้น, ท่วม, น้ำท่วม sel, su baskınına uğramak, su basmak lũ lụt, ngập, tràn ngập 洪水, 淹没

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flood

n inundación f

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