flood
31flood*/ — [flʌd] verb I 1) [I/T] to cover a place with water, or to become covered with water Water burst through the dam and flooded local villages.[/ex] The ground floor of the house was flooded.[/ex] 2) [I] if a river floods, water rises up over its… …
32flood — 01. In the Southern U.S.A., they often have [floods] after a heavy rainfall. 02. When she realized all the damage the [flood] had caused, she burst into tears. 03. The [flood] completely wiped out the village. 04. The bridge was washed away by… …
33flood — 1. noun 1) a flood warning Syn: inundation, swamping, deluge, high water; torrent, overflow, flash flood, freshet, spate 2) a flood of tears Syn: outpouring, torrent, rush …
34flood — 1. noun 1) a severe flood Syn: inundation, deluge, torrent, overflow, flash flood; Brit. spate 2) a flood of tears Syn: gush, outpouring, torrent, rush, stream, surge …
35Flood — This interesting surname with variant spellings Flood, Floud, Fludd, Flude, Floyd, Floyde, Floyed, etc. is either an English topographical name for someone who lived by a small stream or an intermittent spring, deriving from the Old English pre… …
36flood — Synonyms and related words: Niagara, abundance, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, acres, addition, advance, affluence, aggrandizement, alluvion, alluvium, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplification, amplitude,… …
37flood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. deluge, inundation, torrent, freshet, cloudburst, spate; superabundance. See sufficiency, water, assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A Great flow of water] Syn. deluge, surge, tide, high tide, freshet …
38flood — noun 1》 an overflow of a large amount of water over dry land. ↘(the Flood) the biblical flood brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of the human race. ↘literary a river, stream, or sea. 2》 an outpouring of tears or… …
39flood — An overflow of water, classified as an ordinary or extraordinary flood. 56 Am J1st Wat § 91. An overflow of a natural watercourse. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1332. An Act of God, particularly if unprecedented. 1 Am J2d Act of God § 5. A relative term… …
40flood — 1. noun /flʌd/ a) A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. b) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with. See… …
