floods

Meaning of floods

plural noun
  1. 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
  2. an outpouring of tears.
    she burst into floods of tears
  3. short for floodlight.
verb, 3rd person present
  1. cover or submerge (an area) with water in a flood.
    the dam burst, flooding a small town
  2. arrive in overwhelming amounts or quantities.
    sunlight flooded in at the windows
    congratulatory messages flooded in
    his old fears came flooding back
  3. (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 floods

  • The singular form of floods is: flood.
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Hyphenation of floods

floods

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • floods is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

floods synonyms

Meaning an overwhelming abundance of people or things:

inundation

Meaning overwhelm or flood with water:

swamping, swamp

Meaning a severe flood:

deluge

Meaning a strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid:

torrent

Meaning the flowing over of a liquid:

overflow

Meaning the flood of a river from heavy rain or melted snow:

freshet

Meaning a heavy fall of rain:

downpour

Meaning a sudden violent rainstorm:

cloudburst

Meaning a large number of similar things coming in quick succession:

spate

Meaning something that streams out rapidly:

outpouring

Meaning a sudden thrill or feeling of euphoria such as experienced after taking certain drugs:

rush

Meaning a small, narrow river:

stream

Meaning a rapid and plentiful stream or burst of something:

gush

Meaning a sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide:

surge

Meaning a small waterfall, typically one of several that fall in stages down a steep rocky slope:

cascade

Meaning the action or fact of moving along in a steady, continuous stream:

flow

Meaning flood:

inundate

Meaning dip or submerge in a liquid:

immerse

Meaning cause (something) to be under water:

submerge

Meaning submerge or flood (an area):

drown

Meaning (of a natural force) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely:

engulf

Meaning flow rapidly in a steady stream:

pour

Meaning move somewhere in large numbers:

swarm

Meaning (of a group of people) get into or out of a vehicle or space in a disorganized manner:

pile

Meaning (of a number of people) fill (a space) almost completely, leaving little or no room for movement:

crowd

Meaning flock or be present in great numbers:

throng

floods antonyms

Meaning (of a liquid) flow in a small stream:

trickle

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