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flood
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- pronunciation:
- fluhd
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
an overflowing of water onto land that is not normally under water.
The flood destroyed homes and killed wildlife.Most of their possessions were lost in the flood.- synonyms:
- deluge, inundation
- similar words:
- cataclysm, cataract, freshet, torrent
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definition 2: |
a great outpouring or flow.
The new rule met with a flood of protest from teachers.- synonyms:
- spate, torrent
- antonyms:
- trickle
- similar words:
- avalanche, deluge, gush, hail, outpouring, overflow, pour, stream, surge
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definition 3: |
the incoming or rising tide. (Cf. ebb.)
- antonyms:
- ebb
- similar words:
- cataract, current, flow, flux, tide
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definition 4: |
(cap.) the deluge described in the biblical account of Noah.
- similar words:
- cataclysm, deluge
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related words: |
calamity, cascade, flush, mountain, ocean, wave |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
floods, flooding, flooded |
definition 1: |
to cover or inundate with a flow of water.
The rains flooded the fields.He left the water running and flooded the bathroom.The river floods its banks during the yearly monsoon.- synonyms:
- deluge, engulf, inundate, submerge, swamp
- similar words:
- cover, overflow, overrun, pour
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definition 2: |
to fill, overfill, or overwhelm with an abundant flow of something.
Local radio stations were flooded with telephone calls.- synonyms:
- deluge, inundate, swamp
- similar words:
- avalanche, engulf, glut, gush, load, overflow, overwhelm, pour, saturate
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related words: |
brim, dump, flush, immerse, invade, stall |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to become flooded.
The valley flooded quickly.- synonyms:
- overflow
- similar words:
- overrun, submerge, swamp
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definition 2: |
to rise, overflow, or pour in, or as if in, a flood.
The river has flooded twice this year.Curious onlookers flooded into the courtroom.- synonyms:
- overflow, stream
- antonyms:
- ebb
- similar words:
- cascade, debouch, flow, gush, overrun, pour, rise, surge
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related words: |
abound, flush, overflow, roll, stall, stream, well |
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