flood meaning and definition

FLOOD noun

Definition of flood (noun)

1. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
   • "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
   • synonyms: alluvion, deluge, inundation
2. an overwhelming number or amount
   • "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
   • synonyms: deluge, inundation, torrent
3. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
   • synonyms: flood lamp, floodlight, photoflood
4. a large flow
   • synonyms: outpouring, overflow
5. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
   • synonyms: flowage
6. the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
   • "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
   • synonyms: flood tide, rising tide
   • antonym: ebbtide

FLOOD verb

Definition of flood (verb)

1. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
   • "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
   • synonyms: deluge, inundate, swamp
2. cover with liquid, usually water
   • "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
3. supply with an excess of
   • "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
   • synonyms: glut, oversupply
4. become filled to overflowing
   • "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"