Definition of flood

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Flood (v. t.) To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley..

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Ebb :: Ebb (n.) The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb..
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..
Nilometer :: Nilometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the rise of water in the Nile during its periodical flood.
Pour :: Pour (n.) A stream, or something like a stream; a flood..
Flooding :: Flooding (n.) The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess.
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..
Flood :: Flood (v. i.) Menstrual disharge; menses.
Diluvial :: Diluvial (a.) Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian..
Subungual :: Subundation (n.) A flood; a deluge.
Freshet :: Freshet (a.) A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) A flood gate; a a sluice gate.
Aemail Ombrant :: Aemail ombrant () An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain.
Landflood :: Landflood (n.) An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.
Sluice :: Sluice (n.) The stream flowing through a flood gate.
Pour :: Pour (v. t.) To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.
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.)..
Inundation :: Inundation (n.) An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists..
Personification :: Personification (n.) A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract idea is represented as animated, or endowed with personality; prosopop/ia; as, the floods clap their hands..
Antediluvial :: Antediluvial (a.) Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time..
Postdiluvian :: Postdiluvian (a.) Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days.
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