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An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits
“Firefighters, police, and council workers joined forces to fight back the flood and limit the damage.”
An overwhelming quantity of things or people happening or appearing at the same time
“He flushed with embarrassment at the flood of fragments of the memories of that time.”
A sudden or brief outbreak or burst of something
“He discovered that the sudden flood of inspiration that had produced those words so quickly had dried up.”
A generally large or overflowing number or quantity of something
“The American public responded to the devastation of Hurricane Andrew with a flood of donations.”
An advance or forward movement
“What brought this to a head, almost certainly, was the flood into the city of young fighters from the northern and western battlefronts.”
A large amount of money, liquid, or people that moves or is transferred out of a place
A group of people assembled together in a disorganized manner
A whirling mass of fluid or air
The action of increasing or growing at a fast or significant rate
The act of flooding, infiltrating, or infusing to penetrate and spread through a substance or space
A tragic event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress
To inundate or submerge, especially in water
“What will happen next year when the water will flood Anjanvara's fertile fields?”
To overflow over the brim or banks of
“That wooden bridge crossed a river that would flood every year in spring.”
To overwhelm with large amounts or quantities
“Burns is encouraging radical plans to flood deprived areas with specialist health workers.”
To move or arrive in a sudden manner or in large quantities
“No sooner than he had said this, he felt a sudden surge of energy flood through him.”
To make completely wet
To spread or pervade throughout
To wash something by rinsing or flooding with water
To move (quickly) without obstruction
To experience a physical orgasm
To illuminate
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