If flooding occurs, an area of land that is usually dry is covered with water after heavy rain or after a river or lake flows over its banks.
The flooding, caused by three days of torrential rain, is the worst in sixty-fiveyears.
flooding in British English
(ˈflʌdɪŋ)
noun
1.
the submerging of land under water, esp due to heavy rain, a lake or river overflowing, etc
2. pathology
excessive bleeding from the uterus, as following childbirth
3. psychology
a method of eliminating anxiety in a given situation, by exposing a person to the situation until the anxiety subsides
flooding in Chemical Engineering
(flʌdɪŋ)
noun
(Chemical Engineering: Distillation)
Flooding is when too much liquid gathers in a vessel being used for distillation.
Other problems in the operation of a distillation column include flooding, which results in liquid accumulation in the tower, increased pressure drop, andpoor separation.
If the foam cannot drain quickly from a downcomer onto the tray below, it will backup onto the tray above, which is known as flooding.
Flooding is when too much liquid gathers in a vessel being used for distillation.
Examples of 'flooding' in a sentence
flooding
The relief of at last telling him flooding through me even with the first words, I said, `I have dreams.
Harris, Elizabeth TIME OF THE WOLF
Suddenly the trapdoor opened above him, flooding the narrow corridor with light.
MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR
A surge of compressed air whooshed through the line, flooding the Tank.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT
In other languages
flooding
British English: flooding /ˈflʌdɪŋ/ NOUN
If flooding occurs, an area of land that is usually dry is covered with water after heavy rain or after a river or lake flows over its banks.
The flooding is the worst this century.
American English: flooding
Arabic: فَيَضَان
Brazilian Portuguese: inundação
Chinese: 泛滥
Croatian: poplava
Czech: záplava
Danish: oversvømmelse
Dutch: overstroming
European Spanish: inundación
Finnish: tulviminen
French: inondation
German: Überschwemmung
Greek: πλημμύρισμα
Italian: allagamento
Japanese: 氾濫
Korean: 범람
Norwegian: flom
Polish: zalanie
European Portuguese: inundação
Romanian: inundații
Russian: наводнение
Latin American Spanish: inundación
Swedish: översvämning
Thai: น้ำท่วม
Turkish: su basması
Ukrainian: повінь
Vietnamese: lũ lụt
Chinese translation of 'flooding'
flooding
(ˈflʌdɪŋ)
n(u)
泛(氾)滥(濫) (fànlàn)
flood
(flʌd)
n
(c/u)[of water]洪水 (hóngshuǐ) (次, cì)
(c)[of letters, requests, imports]大量 (dàliàng)
vt
(through forces of nature) 淹没(沒) (yānmò)
(intentionally) 浇(澆)灌 (jiāoguàn)
(Aut)[engine]使 ... 溢流 (shǐ ... yìliú)
vi
[place]为(為)水所淹 (wéi shuǐ suǒ yān)
[people, goods]
to flood into洪水般涌(湧)入 (hóngshuǐ bān yǒngrù)
to flood the market (Comm) 充斥市场(場) (chōngchì shìchǎng)