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flood
(flŭd)n.
1. An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.
2. A flood tide.
3. A large amount or number, especially when moving from one place to another: received a flood of applications. See Synonyms at flow.
4. A floodlight, specifically a unit that produces a beam of intense light.
5. Flood In the Bible, the covering of the earth with water that occurred during the time of Noah.
v. flood·ed, flood·ing, floods
v.tr.
1. To cover or submerge with water; inundate: The town was flooded when the dam burst.
2. To move into or fill in large numbers or amounts: People flooded the square. His inbox was flooded with mail.
3. To overwhelm in large numbers: The theater was flooded with ticket requests.
4. To put too much fuel into the carburetor of (an engine), resulting in unsuccessful ignition.
v.intr.
1. To become inundated or submerged: The underpass floods after a heavy rain.
2. To pour forth; overflow: The river floods nearly every spring.
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flood
(flʌd)n
1. (Physical Geography)
a. the inundation of land that is normally dry through the overflowing of a body of water, esp a river
b. the state of a river that is at an abnormally high level (esp in the phrase in flood). diluvial
2. a great outpouring or flow: a flood of words.
3. (Physical Geography)
a. the rising of the tide from low to high water
b. (as modifier): the flood tide. Compare ebb3
4. (Theatre) theatre short for floodlight
5. archaic a large body of water, as the sea or a river
vb
6. (Physical Geography) (of water) to inundate or submerge (land) or (of land) to be inundated or submerged
7. to fill or be filled to overflowing, as with a flood: the children's home was flooded with gifts.
8. (intr) to flow; surge: relief flooded through him.
9. (Automotive Engineering) to supply an excessive quantity of petrol to (a carburettor or petrol engine) or (of a carburettor, etc) to be supplied with such an excess
10. (Physical Geography) (intr) to rise to a flood; overflow
11. (Pathology) (intr)
a. to bleed profusely from the uterus, as following childbirth
b. to have an abnormally heavy flow of blood during a menstrual period
[Old English flōd; related to Old Norse flōth, Gothic flōdus, Old High German fluot flood, Greek plōtos navigable; see flow, float]
ˈfloodable adj
ˈflooder n
ˈfloodless adj
Flood
(flʌd)n
(Bible) the Flood Old Testament the flood extending over all the earth from which Noah and his family and livestock were saved in the ark. (Genesis 7–8); the Deluge
Flood
(flʌd)n
(Biography) Henry. 1732–91, Anglo-Irish politician: leader of the parliamentary opposition to English rule
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flood
(flʌd)n.
1. a great flowing or overflowing of water, esp. over land not usu. submerged.
2. any great outpouring or stream: a flood of tears.
3. the Flood, a universal deluge mentioned in various ancient religions, esp. the deluge recorded in the Bible as having occurred in the time of Noah (Gen. 7).
4. the rise or flowing in of the tide (opposed to ebb).
5. a floodlight.
6. Archaic. a large body of water.
v.t. 7. to cover with a flood; fill to overflowing.
8. to cover or fill as if with a flood: roads flooded with cars.
9. to overwhelm with an abundance of something: to be flooded with mail.
10. to supply too much fuel to (the carburetor), so that the engine fails to start.
11. to floodlight.
v.i. 12. to flow or pour in or as if in a flood.
13. to rise in a flood; overflow.
14. to become flooded.
[before 900; Middle English flod (n.), Old English flōd; c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon flōd, Old High German fluot]
flood′a•ble, adj.
flood′er, n.
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Flood
a large body of water; a great flow or stream of any fluid; any great overwhelming quantity.Examples: flood of banknotes; of eloquence, 1599; of fire, 1711; of joy, 1719; of laughter, 1611; of lava; of golden light, 1680; of mutiny, 1710; of silver, 1894; of tears, 1589; of unbelief and carelessness, 1833; of visitors, 1607; of water; of fiery words, 1877.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
flood
Past participle: flooded
Gerund: flooding
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flood
A lamp that gives a broad spread of light but is not focusable.
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| Noun | 1. |  flood - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"geological phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth debacle - flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer flash flood, flashflood - a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood - (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 |
| 2. |  flood - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" | |
| 3. |  flood - light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photographylight source, light - any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights" photographic equipment - equipment used by a photographer | |
| 4. |  flood - a large flow effusion - flow under pressure | |
| 5. | flood - the act of flooding; filling to overflowing filling - the act of filling something | |
| 6. | flood - 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 tide - the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon | |
| Verb | 1. | flood - fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" flood in - arrive in great numbers |
| 2. | flood - cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes" flow - cover or swamp with water spread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave" | |
| 3. | flood - supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient" | |
| 4. | flood - become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains" |
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flood
noun
1. deluge, downpour, flash flood, inundation, tide, overflow, torrent, spate, freshet This is the sort of flood dreaded by cavers.
2. torrent, flow, rush, stream, tide, abundance, multitude, glut, outpouring, profusion The administration is trying to stem the flood of refugees.
4. outpouring, rush, stream, surge, torrent She broke into a flood of tears.
verb
3. engulf, flow into, rush into, sweep into, overwhelm, surge into, swarm into, pour into, gush into Large numbers of immigrants flooded the area.
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flood
noun1. An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain:
Chiefly British: spate.
1. To flow over completely:
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Translations
наводнение
inundació
povodeňzaplavitzáplavarozvodnit sepotopa
oversvømmelseoversvømmeblive oversvømmethavvæld
inundo
üleujutusveetulv
سیل
tulvatulviahukuttaatukkia
बाढ़
poplavapoplavitipotoppotopitipreplaviti
árvíz
banjir
flæîa yfirflaumurflóðflóî
氾濫する洪水氾濫させる
(...을) 범람시키다범람하다홍수
diluviarediluviuminundareinundatio
antplūdisapšviestas prožektoriaisapšviesti prožektoriaiskylantis potvynisprožektorių apšvietimas
plūdistraumeapplūdinātpārplūdinātpārplūst
inundaţie
poplavapoplavitipovodenjpreplaviti
поплава
översvämningsvämma överöversvämma
ไหลบ่า ไหลล้นท่วมน้ำท่วม
повінь
lũ lụtlụtnạn lụtngậptràn ngập
flood
[ˈflʌd] n
(when rivers overflow) → inondation f
The rain has caused many floods → La pluie a provoqué de nombreuses inondations.
in flood [river] → en crue
The rain has caused many floods → La pluie a provoqué de nombreuses inondations.
in flood [river] → en crue
vt → inonder
The river has flooded the village → La rivière a inondé le village.
to be flooded → être inondé(e)
The river has flooded the village → La rivière a inondé le village.
to be flooded → être inondé(e)
(AUTOMOBILES) [+ carburettor] → noyer
vi
(= fill with water) → être inondé(e)
[river] → être en crue
to be flooded out [building, area] → être inondé(e); [householder] → être chassé(e) par les inondations
flood in
vi (= arrive in large numbers) [people] → affluer; [letters, requests] → affluerflood into
vt fus (= arrive in) → affluer dansflood out
vi (= leave) [crowd] → s'en aller (en masse)flood out of
vt fus [+ country, building] → quitterflood damage n → dommages mpl dus aux crues, dégâts mpl des eauxflood defences (British) n → ouvrages mpl anticrues, ouvrages mpl de protection contre les eauxflooded out adjto be flooded out [building, area] → être inondé(e); [householder] → être chassé(e) par les inondations
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
flood
n
(of water) → Flut f; floods → Überschwemmung f, → Hochwasser nt; (in several places) → Überschwemmungen pl, → Hochwasser nt; the Flood → die Sintflut; the river is in flood → der Fluss führt Hochwasser; she had a flood in the kitchen → ihre Küche stand unter Wasser
(fig) → Flut f, → Schwall m; she was in floods of tears → sie war in Tränen gebadet; the scene was bathed in a flood of light → die Szene war lichtüberflutet
(also flood tide) → Flut f
vt
fields, roads, town → überschwemmen, unter Wasser setzen; the village/cellar was flooded → das Dorf/der Keller war überschwemmt or stand unter Wasser; to flood the engine → den Motor absaufen lassen (inf)
(fig) → überschwemmen, überfluten; flooded with calls/complaints → mit Anrufen/Beschwerden überhäuft; flooded with light → lichtdurchflutet, von Licht durchflutet; she was flooded with relief → Erleichterung wallte in ihr auf
(Comm) to flood the market → den Markt überschwemmen
vi
(river) → über die Ufer treten; (bath etc) → überfließen, überlaufen; (cellar) → unter Wasser stehen; (garden, land) → überschwemmt werden
flood
:flood control
n → Hochwasserschutz m
flood disaster
n → Flutkatastrophe f
floodgate
flood
:floodlight vb: pret, ptp <floodlit>
vt buildings → anstrahlen; football pitch → mit Flutlicht beleuchten; (fig, = light brightly) → beleuchten
floodlighting
n
(of building etc) → Beleuchtung f
floodlit
flood plain
n → Schwemmebene f
flood protection
n → Hochwasserschutz m
flood tide
n → Flut f
flood victim
n (= person) → Flutopfer nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
flood
[flʌd]1. n → inondazione f, alluvione f; (of words, tears) → diluvio
the river is in flood → il fiume è in piena
the Flood (Rel) → il diluvio universale
a flood of letters → una marea di lettere
she was in floods of tears → era in un mare di lacrime
the river is in flood → il fiume è in piena
the Flood (Rel) → il diluvio universale
a flood of letters → una marea di lettere
she was in floods of tears → era in un mare di lacrime
2. vt (town, fields) (fig) → inondare, allagare (Aut) (carburettor) → ingolfare
to flood the market (Comm) → inondare il mercato
to flood the market (Comm) → inondare il mercato
flood in vi + adv → entrare in grande quantità
the light flooded in through the window → una gran luce entrava dalla finestra
the light flooded in through the window → una gran luce entrava dalla finestra
flood out vt + adv (house) → inondare
they were flooded out → l'inondazione li ha costretti ad abbandonare le loro case
they were flooded out → l'inondazione li ha costretti ad abbandonare le loro case
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
flood
(flad) noun1. a great overflow of water. If it continues to rain like this, we shall have floods.
2. any great quantity. a flood of fan mail.
verb to (cause something to) overflow with water. She left the water running and flooded the kitchen.
ˈfloodlight noun a kind of very strong light often used to light up the outside of buildings etc. There were floodlights in the sports stadium.
verb – past tense, past participle ˈfloodlit (-lit) – to light with floodlights.
ˈfloodlighting nounˈfloodlit adjective
ˌflood-ˈtide noun
the rising tide.
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flood
→ فَيَضَان, يُغْرِقُ, يَفْيضُ povodeň, rozvodnit se, zaplavit blive oversvømmet, oversvømme, oversvømmelse Flut, überlaufen, überschwemmen πλημμύρα, πλημμυρίζω desbordarse, inundación, inundar, inundarse tulva, tulvia inondation, inonder poplava, poplaviti allagarsi, inondare, inondazione 氾濫させる, 氾濫する, 洪水 (...을) 범람시키다, 범람하다, 홍수 onder water lopen, overstromen, overstroming oversvømme, oversvømmelse powódź, zalać, zostać zalanym alagar, cheia, enchente, extravasar, inundar затопить, затоплять, потоп översvämma, översvämning, svämma över ไหลบ่า ไหลล้น, ท่วม, น้ำท่วม sel, su baskınına uğramak, su basmak lũ lụt, ngập, tràn ngập 洪水, 淹没Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
flood
n inundación fEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.