English dictionary

flood

/fl/@/d/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

noun.phenomenon

Synonyms alluvion deluge inundation

Source: WordNet 3.0
an overwhelming number or amount

noun.quantity

Examples
A flood of requests.

Synonyms deluge inundation torrent

Source: WordNet 3.0
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

noun.artifact

Synonyms flood lamp floodlight photoflood

Source: WordNet 3.0
a large flow

noun.act

Synonyms outpouring overflow

Source: WordNet 3.0
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

noun.act

Synonyms flowage

Source: WordNet 3.0
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)

noun.event

Examples
A tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.

Synonyms flood tide rising tide

Antonyms ebbtide

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

noun

Source: webster1913

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

verb.contact

Examples
The images flooded his mind.

Synonyms deluge inundate swamp

Source: WordNet 3.0
cover with liquid, usually water

verb.change

Examples
The swollen river flooded the village.

The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes.

Source: WordNet 3.0
supply with an excess of

verb.possession

Examples
Flood the market with tennis shoes.

Synonyms glut oversupply

Source: WordNet 3.0
become filled to overflowing

verb.change

Examples
Our basement flooded during the heavy rains.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river <i>flooded</i> the valley.

verb

Source: webster1913