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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Antediluvial :: Antediluvial (a.) Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time..
Cataclysm :: Cataclysm (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
Diluviate :: Diluviate (v. i.) To run as a flood.
Spate :: Spate (n.) A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
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..
Floodage :: Floodage (n.) Inundation.
Billow :: Billow (n.) A great wave or flood of anything.
Fresh :: Fresh (n.) The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea..
Surgeon :: Surgent (a.) Rising; swelling, as a flood..
Flash :: Flash (n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning..
Flush :: Flush (n.) A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy..
Eger :: Eger (n.) An impetuous flood; a bore. See Eagre.
Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed..
Postdiluvian :: Postdiluvian (a.) Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days.
Waterflood :: Waterflood (n.) A flood of water; an inundation.
Sluice :: Sluice (v. t.) To emit by, or as by, flood gates..
Flooding :: Flooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Floo.
Flood :: Flood (v. t.) To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as, to flood a country with a depreciated currency..
Desolate :: Desolate (v. t.) To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood..
Clough :: Clough (n.) A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
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