flood
41flood — [OE] Flood goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *flōthuz, which also produced German flut, Dutch vloed, and Swedish flod ‘flood’. It was derived ultimately from Indo European *plō , a variant of *pleu ‘flow, float’ which also produced English… …
42flood — [OE] Flood goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *flōthuz, which also produced German flut, Dutch vloed, and Swedish flod ‘flood’. It was derived ultimately from Indo European *plō , a variant of *pleu ‘flow, float’ which also produced English… …
43flood — 1) a flow above the carrying capacity of a channel 2) a period when the tidal level is rising 3) the flood current during the period when the tidal level is rising …
44Flood — noun The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament. Syn: Deluge …
45Flood — Valentine, Irish anatomist and surgeon, 1800–1847. See F. ligament. * * * flood fləd vi to have an excessive menstrual flow or a uterine hemorrhage after childbirth …
46flood — 1. To bleed profusely from the uterus, as after childbirth or in cases of menorrhagia. 2. Colloquialism for a profuse menstrual discharge. [A.S. flod] * * * flood fləd vi to have an excessive menstrual flow or a uterine hemorrhage after… …
47Flood — An event recorded in Gen. 7 and 8. (See Deluge.) In Josh. 24:2, 3, 14, 15, the word flood (R.V., river ) means the river Euphrates. In Ps. 66:6, this word refers to the river Jordan …
48flood in — phr verb Flood in is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑daylight, ↑tribute …
49FLOOD — the story of a UNIVERSAL flood is found in Genesis 6 9, as well as many other ancient documents, and also in the MYTHOLOGIES of Native Americans and many other peoples …
50flood — n 1. deluge, inundation, alluvion; freshet, flash flood, spate; overflow, spillover; torrent, cataract; tidal wave, high tides, tsunami; cloudburst, downpour; gullywasher, Inf. gully whomper, monsoon. 2. outpouring, tide, flow, stream, flush;… …
