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Definition: Meaning of, flood in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / flʌd /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
flood flooded flooded
Present Participle Third Person Singular
flooding floods
  1. cover with water [intransitive and transitive] to cover a place with water, or to become covered with water
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  2. river [intransitive and transitive] if a river floods, it is too full, and spreads water over the land around it
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  3. go/arrive in large numbers [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to arrive or go somewhere in large numbers [=  pour, flow]
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  4. flood something with something to send a very large number of things to a place or organization
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  5. be flooded with something to receive so many letters, complaints, or inquiries that you cannot deal with them all easily
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  6. flood the market to produce and sell a very large number of one type of thing, so that the price goes down
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  7. light [intransitive and transitive] if light floods a place or floods into it, it makes it very light and bright
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  8. feeling [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] if a feeling or memory floods over you or floods back, you feel or remember it very strongly
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  9. engine [intransitive and transitive] if an engine floods or if you flood it, it has too much petrol in it, so that it will not start
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flood floods
  1. [uncountable and countable] a very large amount of water that covers an area that is usually dry
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  2. [countable] a very large number of things or people that arrive at the same time
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  3. in floods of tears crying a lot
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  4. in flood a river that is in flood has much more water in it than usual
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flood used in phrases

  • Flood, the
    1. a story told in the Old Testament of the Bible about a great flood that covered the whole world. According to the story, God caused the Flood because he was angry with the people on Earth and wanted to punish them. Only one man, Noah, and his family were saved. God told Noah to build an ARK (= a large boat) and to take two of every kind of animal on the ARK with him. When the rain stopped and the water level began to go down, Noah sent out a DOVE to look for land, and the bird returned carrying an OLIVE branch to show that the land was reappearing.
    2. before the Flood a very long time ago
  • Noah and the Flood (noun)
    1. Biblical the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
  • Noah's flood (noun)
    1. Biblical the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
  • flood control (noun)
    1. engineering the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods
  • flood in (verb)
    1. arrive in great numbers
  • flood lamp (noun)
    1. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
  • flood plain (noun)
    1. the large area of flat land on either side of a river that is sometimes covered with water when the river becomes too full
  • flood tide (noun)
    1. the flow of the sea in towards the land [↪  ebb tide]
  • the Flood (noun)
    1. Biblical the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
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flood used in phrasal verbs

  • flood back (phrasal verb)
    1. if memories or feelings flood back, you suddenly remember them very clearly
  • flood out (phrasal verb)
    1. if people are flooded out, their home becomes filled with water and they are forced to leave
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Pronunciation: tə;tʊ;tuː eɪ ˈlɛsə ɪkˈstɛnt;ɛkˈstɛnt
Parts of Speech: adverb
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