flooding

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.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

flooding - a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them implosion therapy behavior modification, behavior therapy - psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior

Translations

flooding [ˈflʌdɪŋ] n → inundación f

flooding [ˈflʌdɪŋ] flood n → inondation f

flooding [ˈflʌdɪŋ] flood n → Überschwemmung f

flooding [ˈflʌdɪŋ] n → inondazione f