flood
Meaning of flood
noun
- an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.
the villagers had been cut off by floods and landslides
a flood barrier
- an outpouring of tears.
she burst into floods of tears
- short for floodlight.
- cover or submerge (an area) with water in a flood.
the dam burst, flooding a small town
- arrive in overwhelming amounts or quantities.
sunlight flooded in at the windows
congratulatory messages flooded in
his old fears came flooding back
- (of a woman) experience a uterine haemorrhage.
Old English flōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloed and German Flut, also to flow.
Information about flood
- The plural form of flood is: floods.
- Languages in which flood is used:
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Hyphenation of flood
flood
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- flood is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
flood synonyms
Meaning inundation:
inundation, deluge, alluvion, torrent
Meaning floodlight:
Meaning overflow:
Meaning flowage:
Meaning deluge:
Meaning oversupply:
Meaning overwhelm or flood with water:
Meaning the flood of a river from heavy rain or melted snow:
Meaning a heavy fall of rain:
Meaning a sudden violent rainstorm:
Meaning a large number of similar things coming in quick succession:
Meaning a sudden thrill or feeling of euphoria such as experienced after taking certain drugs:
Meaning a small, narrow river:
Meaning a rapid and plentiful stream or burst of something:
Meaning a sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide:
Meaning a small waterfall, typically one of several that fall in stages down a steep rocky slope:
Meaning the action or fact of moving along in a steady, continuous stream:
Meaning dip or submerge in a liquid:
Meaning cause (something) to be under water:
Meaning submerge or flood (an area):
Meaning (of a natural force) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely:
Meaning flow rapidly in a steady stream:
Meaning move somewhere in large numbers:
Meaning (of a group of people) get into or out of a vehicle or space in a disorganized manner:
Meaning (of a number of people) fill (a space) almost completely, leaving little or no room for movement:
Meaning flock or be present in great numbers:
flood antonyms
Meaning (of a liquid) flow in a small stream:
Translation of flood
- French: alluvion, crue, inondation, inonder
- Italian: alluvione, inondazione, piena, inondare
- Portuguese: aluvião, cheia, enchente, inundação, inundar
- German: Überschwemmung, überfluten
- Spanish: aluvión, inundación, crecidas, inundar, anegar
Words that rhyme with flood
lood, Blood, Trueblood, beblood, blood, blueblood, coldblood, gutterblood, halfblood, heartblood, hotblood, lifeblood, mixblood, oxblood, pureblood, sblood, warmblood, livelood, Flood, flashflood, inflood, landflood, overflood, photoflood, preflood, reflood, seaflood, sheetflood, underflood, upflood, waterflood, glood
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