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Definition of flood

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Flood (v. i.) A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency..

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Inundation :: Inundation (n.) The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds..

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.)..

Flush :: Flush (v. t.) To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer..

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..

Flashing :: Flashing (n.) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.

Fresh :: Fresh (n.) A flood; a freshet.

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..

Desolate :: Desolate (v. t.) To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood..

Float :: Float (v. t.) To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.

Eger :: Eger (n.) An impetuous flood; a bore. See Eagre.

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..

Landflood :: Landflood (n.) An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.

Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.

Hatch :: Hatch (n.) A flood gate; a a sluice gate.

Waterflood :: Waterflood (n.) A flood of water; an inundation.

Freshet :: Freshet (a.) A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.

Flooded :: Flooded (imp. & p. p.) of Floo.

Floodage :: Floodage (n.) Inundation.

Spate :: Spate (n.) A river flood; an overflow or inundation.

Effulgence :: Effulgence (n.) The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.