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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Antediluvial :: Antediluvial (a.) Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time..
Flooder :: Flooder (n.) One who floods anything.
Cataclysm :: Cataclysm (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
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..
Tide :: Tide (n.) To pour a tide or flood.
Diluvial :: Diluvial (a.) Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian..
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..
Subungual :: Subundation (n.) A flood; a deluge.
Briny :: Briny (a.) Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood..
Surgeon :: Surgent (a.) Rising; swelling, as a flood..
Submerge :: Submerge (v. t.) To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown.
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.)..
Flood :: Flood (v. i.) Menstrual disharge; menses.
Alluvion :: Alluvion (n.) An overflowing; an inundation; a flood.
Flood :: 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..
Spate :: Spate (n.) A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash..
Clough :: Clough (n.) A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
Pearly :: Pearly (a.) Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood..
Postdiluvian :: Postdiluvian (a.) Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days.
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