Engelsk navneord: flood | |||
1. | flood (om fænomen) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Plains fertilized by annual inundations. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | alluvion, deluge, inundation | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | geological phenomenon | ||
Mere specifikke termer | debacle, flash flood, flashflood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood | ||
2. | flood (om mængde el. mål) an overwhelming number or amount | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A flood of requests. A torrent of abuse. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | deluge, inundation, torrent | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | ||
3. | flood (om genstand) light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | flood lamp, floodlight, photoflood | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | light, light source | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | photographic equipment | ||
4. | flood (om handling) a large flow | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | outpouring, overflow | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | flow, stream | ||
Mere specifikke termer | effusion | ||
5. | flood (om handling) the act of flooding; filling to overflowing | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | flowage | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | filling | ||
6. | flood (om begivenhed) the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | flood tide, rising tide | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | tide | ||
Termer med modsat betydning (antonymer) | ebbtide | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: flood | |||
1. | flood (om relation) fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The basement was inundated after the storm. The images flooded his mind. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | deluge, inundate, swamp | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | fill, fill up, make full | ||
2. | flood (om ændring) cover with liquid, usually water | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The swollen river flooded the village. The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | cover, spread over | ||
Mere specifikke termer | deluge, drench, flow, inundate, submerge, swamp | ||
3. | flood (om forhold) supply with an excess of | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Flood the market with tennis shoes. Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | glut, oversupply | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
4. | flood (om ændring) become filled to overflowing | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Our basement flooded during the heavy rains. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | fill, fill up | ||