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Floods

/flʌdz/

A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.

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noun
  1. 1

    A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.

  2. 2

    A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.

    "a flood of complaints"

  3. 3

    The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.

  4. 4

    A floodlight.

verb
  1. 1

    To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.

  2. 2

    To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.

    "The floor was flooded with beer."

  3. 3

    To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.

    "The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints."

  4. 4

    To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.

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inundationnounThe act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
delugenounA great flood or rain.
swampnounAn area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.)
inundateverbTo overwhelm.
torrentnounA violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
outpouringnounThe sudden outward flowing of a large amount of something.
photofloodnoun(photography) A lamp that produces a broad beam of continuous bright light; used to illuminate a photographic subject
overflownounExcess, superabundance
floodlightnoun(chiefly in the plural) Powerful artificial illumination with a broad beam, especially in a series of units on pylons used to illuminate a sports ground.
risingnounThe act of something that rises.
highnoun(countable) A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven) or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
advancingnounThe act of proceeding forward; an advance.
oversupplynounAn excessive supply.
flood lampnounlight that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
avalanchesnounA large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side, or falling down a precipice.
avenuesnounA broad street, especially one bordered by trees or, in cities laid out in a grid pattern, one that is on a particular side of the city or that runs in a particular direction.
boulevardsnounA broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
floodwatersnounThe waters of a flood
flowsnounMovement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
rainsnounA rainy season; monsoon

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