Flood | Mean of flood in English Dictionary
/ˈflʌd/
- Noun
- a large amount of water covering an area of land that is usually dry
- A flood inundated the whole area.
- the devastating flood of 1936
- The water has risen to flood level.
- a flood described in the Bible as covering the earth in the time of Noah
- a large amount of things that come or happen at the same time
- We've received a flood of mail.
- a flood of phone calls
- a flood of criticism
- a flood of tears
- Seeing her again brought back a flood of memories.
- Verb
- to cover (land) with a flood
- Heavy rains flooded the valley.
- The rivers are close to flooding.
- to become filled or covered by a flood
- The valley flooded after the heavy rains.
- The plain floods every spring.
- to fill (something) completely
- Light flooded the room.
- The room was flooded with light.
- to cause (something) to receive or take in a large amount of things at the same time
- The company plans to flood the market with this product.
- The office has been flooded with phone calls.
- to go or come in large numbers or as a large amount
- The phone calls have been flooding in.
- Refugees flooded into the camp.
- Light flooded into the room.
- Memories came flooding into my mind.
- to cause too much fuel to go into (an engine)
- He wasn't able to start the car because he had flooded the engine.
- The car's engine flooded.