English dictionary
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English noun: flood | |||
| 1. | flood (phenomenon) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | ||
| Samples | Plains fertilized by annual inundations. | ||
| Synonyms | alluvion, deluge, inundation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | geological phenomenon | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | debacle, flash flood, flashflood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood | ||
| 2. | flood (quantity) an overwhelming number or amount | ||
| Samples | A flood of requests. A torrent of abuse. | ||
| Synonyms | deluge, inundation, torrent | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | 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 (artifact) light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography | ||
| Synonyms | flood lamp, floodlight, photoflood | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | light, light source | ||
| Part meronym | photographic equipment | ||
| 4. | flood (act) a large flow | ||
| Synonyms | outpouring, overflow | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flow, stream | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | effusion | ||
| 5. | flood (act) the act of flooding; filling to overflowing | ||
| Synonyms | flowage | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | filling | ||
| 6. | flood (event) the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) | ||
| Samples | A tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. | ||
| Synonyms | flood tide, rising tide | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tide | ||
| Antonyms | ebbtide | ||
English verb: flood | |||
| 1. | flood (contact) fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid | ||
| Samples | The basement was inundated after the storm. The images flooded his mind. | ||
| Synonyms | deluge, inundate, swamp | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fill, fill up, make full | ||
| 2. | flood (change) cover with liquid, usually water | ||
| Samples | The swollen river flooded the village. The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover, spread over | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deluge, drench, flow, inundate, submerge, swamp | ||
| 3. | flood (possession) supply with an excess of | ||
| Samples | Flood the market with tennis shoes. Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient. | ||
| Synonyms | glut, oversupply | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
| 4. | flood (change) become filled to overflowing | ||
| Samples | Our basement flooded during the heavy rains. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fill, fill up | ||
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