flood

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flood
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Meanings
noun
  • an overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.
    E.g. the villagers had been cut off by floods and landslides
  • an outpouring of tears.
    E.g. she burst into floods of tears
  • short for floodlight.
verb
  • cover or submerge (an area) with water in a flood.
    E.g. the dam burst, flooding a small town
  • arrive in overwhelming amounts or quantities.
    E.g. sunlight flooded in at the windows
  • (of a woman) experience a uterine haemorrhage.

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