What does flood mean?
Definitions for flood
flʌdflood
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word flood.
Princeton's WordNet
flood, inundation, deluge, alluvionnoun
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
"plains fertilized by annual inundations"
flood, inundation, deluge, torrentnoun
an overwhelming number or amount
"a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photofloodnoun
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
flood, overflow, outpouringnoun
a large flow
flood, flowagenoun
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
flood tide, flood, rising tideverb
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
deluge, flood, inundate, swampverb
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
"the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
floodverb
cover with liquid, usually water
"The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
flood, oversupply, glutverb
supply with an excess of
"flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
floodverb
become filled to overflowing
"Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
Wiktionary
floodnoun
A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
floodnoun
A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
floodnoun
A floodlight
floodverb
To overflow.
floodverb
To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
floodverb
To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than cannot easily be dealt with.
The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.
floodverb
To paste numerous lines of text to a chat system in order to disrupt the conversation.
Floodnoun
The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament.
Etymology: flod, from flod, from common Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *plō-tu-, derived from *pleu- "to flow". Near cognates include Flut and Gothic (flōdus).
Webster Dictionary
Floodverb
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
Floodverb
the flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood
Floodverb
a great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency
Floodverb
menstrual disharge; menses
Floodverb
to overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley
Floodverb
to cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as, to flood a country with a depreciated currency
Etymology: [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. fld; akin to D. vloed, OS. fld, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. fl, Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fldus; from the root of E. flow. 80. See Flow, v. i.]
Freebase
Flood
A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land which is normally dry. The European Union Floods Directive defines a flood as a covering by water of land not normally covered by water. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Flooding may occur as an overflow of water from water bodies, such as a river or lake, in which the water overtops or breaks levees, resulting in some of that water escaping its usual boundaries, or it may occur due to an accumulation of rainwater on saturated ground in an areal flood. While the size of a lake or other body of water will vary with seasonal changes in precipitation and snow melt, these changes in size are unlikely to be considered significant unless they flood property or drown domestic animals. Floods can also occur in rivers when the flow rate exceeds the capacity of the river channel, particularly at bends or meanders in the waterway. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are in the natural flood plains of rivers. While riverine flood damage can be eliminated by moving away from rivers and other bodies of water, people have traditionally lived and worked by rivers because the land is usually flat and fertile and because rivers provide easy travel and access to commerce and industry.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Flood
flud, n. a great flow of water: (B.) a river: an inundation: a deluge: the rise or flow of the tide: any great quantity.—v.t. to overflow: to inundate: to bleed profusely, as after parturition:—pr.p. flood′ing; pa.p. flood′ed.—ns. Flood′-gate, a gate for letting water flow through, or to prevent it: an opening or passage: an obstruction; Flood′ing, an extraordinary flow of blood from the uterus; Flood′mark, the mark or line to which the tide rises; Flood′-tide, the rising or inflowing tide.—The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah. [A.S. flód; Dut. vloed, Ger. fluth. Cog. with flow.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
flood
[common] 1. To overwhelm a network channel with mechanically-generated traffic; especially used of IP, TCP/IP, UDP, or ICMP denial-of-service attacks. 2. To dump large amounts of text onto an IRC channel. This is especially rude when the text is uninteresting and the other users are trying to carry on a serious conversation. Also used in a similar sense on Usenet. 3. [Usenet] To post an unusually large number or volume of files on a related topic.
Rap Dictionary
floodnoun
A disrespectful word for a blood. Nigga you is a flood go suck a dick and be a fag like Slick Rick -- Trama (Fu** Scrappy)
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'flood' in Nouns Frequency: #2209
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'flood' in Verbs Frequency: #944
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of flood in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of flood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of flood in a Sentence
It's not OK to transform a forest into agriculture without understanding the impact that has on climate, carbon storage, disease emergence and flood risk, you can't do those things in isolation without thinking about what that does to humans.
Looking at the statistics over the last several years, our best chance of seeing 50-millimiter events will probably be in August. If we don't see any significant rainfall by September, then our next best chance is only around March next year, which is concerning, the only way this water crisis is coming to an end it with a flood. But fortunately, or unfortunately — depending on who you ask — there are no forecasts suggesting rain of that magnitude anytime soon.
This is 4 feet( 1.2 meters) above the worst flood we ever had, the town looks like one huge lake.
I watched the second hole flood in seven minutes.
Before, one had to accept that houses here flood. But this project opened our eyes to see there is a solution.
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Translations for flood
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- طوفان, فيضانArabic
- ташҡынBashkir
- павадакBelarusian
- заливам, наводнявам, наводнение, изобилиеBulgarian
- বন্যাBengali
- inundacióCatalan, Valencian
- záplava, zaplavit, povodeň, potopaCzech
- llifogyddWelsh
- oversvømmelse, oversvømmeDanish
- Hochwasser, Flut, überfluten, Überschwemmung, Überflutung, überschwemmen, überfüllenGerman
- πλημμυρίζω, πλημμύρα, χείμαρροςGreek
- inundo, inundi, pluvegoEsperanto
- inundación, avenida, diluvioSpanish
- üleujutus, veetulvEstonian
- uholdeBasque
- سیلPersian
- tulva, hukuttaa, tukkia, tulviaFinnish
- submerger, inonder, noyer, inondationFrench
- dûke, oerstreamingWestern Frisian
- tuilScottish Gaelic
- inundaciónGalician
- מבול, שיטפוןHebrew
- बाढ़Hindi
- inondasyonHaitian Creole
- ár, özön, árvíz, áradatHungarian
- հեղեղArmenian
- banjirIndonesian
- hlaupa, flóðIcelandic
- marea, alluvione, allagare, inondare, subissare, inondazione, straripareItalian
- 洪水, 氾濫Japanese
- წყალდიდობაGeorgian
- 홍수, 洪水, 한물, 넘치다Korean
- lês, avrabûn, lêser, لافاو, lehîKurdish
- inundatio, inundare, diluviare, diluviumLatin
- ນ້ຳຖ້ວມLao
- potvynis, poplūdisLithuanian
- plūdi, paliLatvian
- поплаваMacedonian
- үерMongolian
- पूरMarathi
- banjir, bah, ampuhMalay
- flomNorwegian
- overstromen, overstroming, vloedDutch
- flaumNorwegian Nynorsk
- oversvømmeNorwegian
- tó yíląądNavajo, Navaho
- inondacion, aigatOccitan
- zalewać, potop, natłok, powódź, potok, ogrom, nawałPolish
- enchente, dilúvio, enxurrada, cheia, floodar, inundar, alagar, inundação, transbordarPortuguese
- nuyuyQuechua
- revărsa, inundație, inundaRomanian
- потоп, паводок, наплыв, наводнение, затопитьRussian
- pȍplava, potòpiti, popláviti, поплава, потоп, potop, preplávitiSerbo-Croatian
- povodeňSlovak
- poplava, preplaviti, poplaviti, povodenjSlovene
- përmbytjeAlbanian
- översvämning, svämma över, översvämmaSwedish
- mafuriko, gharikaSwahili
- வெள்ளம்Tamil
- వెల్లువ, ముంచెత్తు, వరద, వెల్లువెత్తుTelugu
- อุทกภัย, น้ำท่วมThai
- bahaTagalog
- selTurkish
- повінь, потопUkrainian
- باڑھUrdu
- lụt, nạn lụtVietnamese
- grossès aiwesWalloon
- 洪水Chinese
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