Definition of flood

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Flood (v. i.) The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood..

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Debacle :: Debacle (n.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris..
Flashing :: Flashing (n.) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
Subungual :: Subundation (n.) A flood; a deluge.
Tide :: Tide (n.) To pour a tide or flood.
Billow :: Billow (n.) A great wave or flood of anything.
Flooded :: Flooded (imp. & p. p.) of Floo.
Antediluvial :: Antediluvial (a.) Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time..
Alternate :: Alternate (v. i.) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other..
Landflood :: Landflood (n.) An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.
Torrent :: Torrent (n.) Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence..
Inundate :: Inundate (v. t.) To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town..
Stanch :: Stanch (n.) A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release..
Effulgence :: Effulgence (n.) The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.
Broad :: Broad (n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
Alluvium :: Alluvium (n.) Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas..
Sluice :: Sluice (n.) The stream flowing through a flood gate.
Waterflood :: Waterflood (n.) A flood of water; an inundation.
Deluge :: Deluge (n.) A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.)..
Pour :: Pour (n.) A stream, or something like a stream; a flood..
Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London..
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