flood

noun

1
a large flow
2
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
3
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
4
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
5
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
plains fertilized by annual inundations
6
an overwhelming number or amount
a flood of requests
a torrent of abuse

1
cover with liquid, usually water
The swollen river flooded the village
The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes
2
become filled to overflowing
Our basement flooded during the heavy rains
3
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
the basement was inundated after the storm
The images flooded his mind
4
supply with an excess of
flood the market with tennis shoes
Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient

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