floodingflood‧ing /ˈflʌdɪŋ/ noun [uncountable] 
The heavy rain has led to serious flooding in some areas. The river banks have been built up to prevent flooding.
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- Parts of the harbour wall collapsed, causing serious flooding in the town.
- The government is to receive £200,000 in emergency European Community aid, to help victims of the flooding.
- By the time I had managed to contact mum on the telephone the flooding was getting even worse.
- The scheme proposed by the National Rivers Authority is designed to prevent flooding caused by a repeat of the 1947 event.
- The sea had broken through in several places, and many homes are at risk from flooding.
- Their biggest setback was the flooding brought by Hurricane Gilbert in 1988.
- Villagers were moved to higher ground, the great barrage was built, and the flooding began.
Longman Language Activatorwhen something makes you remember something from the past
to make someone remember a person, thing, or time from the past: · The perfume always reminded him of his mother.· Walking across the field reminded me of the happy summers I'd spent on my grandparents' farm.that reminds me of somebody/something (=say this when someone says or does something that makes you remember someone or something) spoken: · That reminds me of a joke I heard last week.
to remind someone of a person, experience, or time in your life: · I hate that smell - it makes me think of when I was in the hospital.· All this stuff just makes me think of Dan - I should get rid of it.· Baked beans always made her think of that first camping trip.
if events or experiences bring to mind something or call to mind something, they remind you of past events or experiences because they are very similar to them: · The case calls to mind the 1997 killing of a ten-year-old girl in upstate New York.· His account vividly brings to mind the descriptions of battles in Homer.
to remind you of someone or something from the past, especially in a way that makes you sad: · The town wanted to forget the war but the destroyed bridge was a painful reminder.be a reminder of: · She kept all his letters as a reminder of their time together.be a constant reminder: · The scar across his forehead was a constant reminder of the accident.
if something brings back memories or takes you back , it reminds you of a particular and often pleasant event or experience from your past that you thought you had forgotten: · These old pictures really bring back some memories.· It's years since I heard any Beatles' music - it really takes me back.bring back memories of something: · The order and discipline of the job brought back memories of his army days.take somebody back to something: · Staying in my old bedroom again takes me back to my childhood.
formal to remind someone of how they felt at a particular time in the past by producing a particular feeling, emotion, or memory in them: · The movie evokes a simpler time when life was less complicated.· David hardly needed any encouragement to visit the sea, since it still evoked for him the happiest memories.
if something such as a poem, a painting, or an image is evocative , it makes people remember a particular part of their past by producing a particular feeling, emotion, or memory in them: · The air was full of evocative smells of flowers and freshly cut grass.evocative of: · The painting was evocative of all the sun and bright colours of Provence.
if memories come flooding back , you suddenly remember them in a detailed way because of something that has happened: · As I began my speech all my teenage insecurities came flooding back. · He hadn't expected to see her, but he was surprised at how quickly memories of Paris came flooding back.
when a lot of water covers a place that is usually dry very large amounts of water covering an area of land or filling a building, caused by heavy rains and usually causing serious damage: · Last winter, the town suffered the worst floods for fifty years.· There has been an extensive programme of restorations in Venice since the 1966 flood.flood damage: · Yosemite National Park is restricting access to the Park in order to cope with the flood damage.flood water/waters: · Helicopters continued to search for others who had climbed trees to escape from the flood waters.flood plain (=the area of land near a river that floods): · the wide flood plains of the River Nile
a situation in which an area of land or part of a building is covered with water, for example as a result of heavy rain or burst water pipes: · Parts of the harbour wall collapsed, causing serious flooding in the town.· The government is to receive £200,000 in emergency European Community aid, to help victims of the flooding.
written a situation in which an area of land is covered with very large amounts of water as a result of heavy rain: · Many homes in Jakarta were flooded in the Indonesian capital's worst deluge for years.
if a river floods , or heavy rain, snow etc floods an area of land, it causes the land to become covered with very large amounts of water: · Three major rivers have already flooded, and two more are on red alert.· After two days of continuous rain, the village was flooded.· Melting snow floods the valleys each spring.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The heavy rain has led to serious flooding in some areas.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a situation in which an area of land becomes covered with water, for example because of heavy rain: The heavy rain has led to serious flooding in some areas. (=you suddenly remember things clearly)· Evelyn hugged her daughter, as memories came flooding back to her.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB· They were helped by a Spring tide which caused extensive flooding and rendered all the fords impassable.· The inquest will continue tomorrow.l Read in studio Violent thunderstorms have caused flash flooding across the region.
The heavy rain has led to serious flooding in some areas. The river banks have been built up to prevent flooding.