Definition of flood

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  • flood is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • flood is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
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Definition of flood

  • an overwhelming number or amount (noun)

    Examples

    1. a flood of requests

    Synonyms

    1. deluge
    2. inundation
    3. torrent
  • a large flow (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. outpouring
    2. overflow
  • light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. flood lamp
    2. floodlight
    3. photoflood
  • fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid (verb)

    Examples

    1. The images flooded his mind

    Synonyms

    1. deluge
    2. inundate
    3. swamp
  • the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. alluvion
    2. deluge
    3. inundation
  • the act of flooding; filling to overflowing (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. flowage
  • supply with an excess of (verb)

    Examples

    1. flood the market with tennis shoes

    Synonyms

    1. glut
    2. oversupply
  • the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) (noun)

    Examples

    1. a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune

    Synonyms

    1. flood tide
    2. rising tide
  • become filled to overflowing (verb)

    Examples

    1. Our basement flooded during the heavy rains
  • cover with liquid, usually water (verb)

    Examples

    1. The swollen river flooded the village
    2. The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes

See definition of flood in Merriam Webster