Definition of flood in English:

flood

noun flʌdfləd

1An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.
the villagers had been cut off by floods and landslides
as modifier a flood barrier
Example sentencesExamples
- Residents in Chapel Street and The Sands were evacuated to the town's Public Hall as the water level rose to just two inches below the flood protection barriers.
- Once you break the rim of the bowl and the water pours in, it's not like an ordinary flood, where the water comes and it goes.
- You need to know how to cut off your water supply in a flood.
- These include running off large volumes of silt-laden water during the flood season, from May to September.
- Firefighters, police, council workers and Thames Water joined forces to fight back the flood and limit the damage.
- Dissatisfied with these giants, Virococha caused a great flood, whose waters still remain in Titicaca.
- He said people in the area were very hard working but they were being frustrated by natural calamities such as drought and floods which were destroying the crops before they matured.
- When Cawood faced severe flooding in 2000, club members pumped away water seeping through the flood defences for three days.
- These initial releases were not successful, because all the plots were destroyed by herbicides, floods, or droughts.
- ‘We don't know whether the bridge can cope with that amount of water during a flood and it could eventually collapse,’ he said.
- The bridge was destroyed by floods in 1723 and a new one built in 1775.
- Here droughts, floods and locusts destroy crops and rinderpest kills cattle.
- With flood irrigation, the water table near the creek is raised, that is, the amount of water in the soil is increased.
- Water logging and floods are invariably the fallout during rains.
- We just couldn't see a thing and all the time there was water coming like a flood behind us, and smoke and fires.
- The main cause of flooding in the city centre is the use of flood barriers beyond the city centre.
- The receding of the water from the dry land after the flood sounds like the second and third days of Creation.
- The agency has launched an online advice service for small to medium-sized businesses to limit the flood threat.
- They bear the cost of droughts, floods, and trade barriers into Europe.
- Areas on the map are given low, moderate or significant risk ratings according to their location, the predicted water levels and the flood defences in place.
Synonyms
inundation, swamping, deluge
torrent, overflow, flash flood, freshet
downpour, cloudburst
British spate
1. 1.1 The biblical flood brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of the human race (Gen. 6 ff.).
  Example sentencesExamples
  It may surprise uninformed evolutionists, but rapid diversification is an implicit prediction of the biblical Creation / Fall / Flood / Migration model.
  When asked about the Flood and Noah's Ark, he said that that was a myth.
  Conversely, the era of most distant Godliness was the epoch of Noah's Flood.
  While Star Trek's ‘Methuselah’ reforms, the Biblical Methuselah was done away with in the Flood.
  However, a finite radiocarbon ‘age’ for this fossil wood is neither inconsistent nor unexpected within a Creation / Flood framework of Earth history.
  This changed only at the Flood, where God told Noah.
  Dinosaurs were too big to go on the Ark, so they got buried in the mud of the Flood.
  In the Creation / Fall / Flood / Dispersion model of earth history, some very substantial changes have happened in what, to evolutionists, is an ultra-short time.
  Many geological problems remain unsolved in the Creation / Flood model of earth history.
  In fact, various Indian tribes around the world, the Australian aborigines, and other cultures have legends handed down from their ancestors that sound like the creation / Flood accounts in Genesis.
  In fact, we point out that it is an important part of the Biblical Creation / Flood model.
  The Walk the Plank theatre company will be staging a family show based upon the Biblical tale and the great flood.
  There was the Flood, for example, in Noah's time.
  The Flood may have stacked the rock like a giant layer cake, but what cut the cake?
  The Creation / Flood scenario for fossilization would allow many centuries for such permineralization to occur, even under less than ideal conditions.
  So what did Christ teach about Creation and Noah's Flood?
  Mount Everest and the Himalayan mountain chain did not exist at the time of Noah's Flood.
2. 1.2 The inflow of the tide.
  Example sentencesExamples
  It had to be constantly compensated for, and dealt with, in the sense of gauging the force of Current and considering the ebb or flood of Tide.
  In a salt-wedge estuary, the river water, because of its lower density, rides over a wedge of salt water which moves short distances up and down the estuary in response to the weak flood and ebb of the tide.
  Caused by a tall underwater pinnacle, the effect is most evident when a strong westerly wind catches a flood or ebb tide.
  A lifelong fan - he queued in a sleeping bag to see Leeds in the 1965 Cup Final - Ridsdale could sense one of those tides which, taken at the flood, lead on to fortune.
  Additional samples were collected near Nauset Inlet on flood and ebb tides and during the day and night at Nauset Harbor and Town Cove stations.
  With little tide run after first flood, bites signal on the rod tip as several nods, often confusing you into thinking it might be a huss.
  Yarmouth North Beach is an ebb tide mark, Caister produces fish on both flood and ebb tides, but any beach will give cod in the right conditions.
  Synonyms
  inflow, inrush, inundation
3. 1.3literary A river, stream, or sea.
2An outpouring of tears.
she burst into floods of tears
Example sentencesExamples
- When was the last time a book had you in floods of tears?
- And when Percy came to the apartment at 10: 00 in the morning to work with me on his computer, I was in floods of tears.
- If they don't get their act together in the next couple of weeks it's going to end in floods of tears.
- One day I found myself driving home in floods of tears.
- My wife was in absolute floods of tears when she saw the plot.
- I remember watching ‘Born Free’ with my mum when I was a nipper and being in absolute floods of tears.
- She stood, in floods of tears, as her rivals swept past.
- Liam and I were in floods of tears because I just didn't know what to do.
- When I had finished talking, I realised I was in floods of tears.
- Members of the choir fled practice in floods of tears.
- ‘If he just started talking, I would be in floods of tears because it was so wonderful’, Mrs West said.
- The other great shadow over our lives was the threat of nuclear war, something that for me could easily produce floods of tears whenever a school play demanded weeping.
- She had made the trip from Glasgow, where she lives, to her home town of Greenock countless times, but on this occasion the trip had her screaming with shock and bursting into floods of tears.
- I was in floods of tears, screaming and smashing things up.
- This was so poignant and moving, and superbly executed by Urmana and Furlanetto, plus Mr Pappano and his amazing band, that I was in floods of tears.
- The teenager whose courageous three year battle against cancer has featured in the Evening Advertiser was distraught by the incident, and went home in floods of tears.
- As he left the ground, McBride was in floods of tears.
- But outside, despite the floods of tears by both pupils and parents, they said they refused to give up the fight and that they would be looking at all the options available to them to save the school.
- It is 9.30 am and the birthday girl is in floods of tears.
- The other was a vision of a grown up man in floods of tears because, just having bought a brand new Pentax camera tax free, he had started to photograph one of the apes, which promptly grabbed the camera and tossed it down the cliff!
Synonyms
outpouring, torrent, rush, stream, gush, surge, cascade, flow
1. 2.1 An overwhelming quantity of things or people happening or appearing at the same time.
  his column provoked a flood of complaints
  floods of tourists come each year to marvel at the sights
  Example sentencesExamples
  Jamie's concerned question caught her off-guard and unleashed a flood of emotions.
  Accurate or not, the flood of bad news appears to be reaching some kind of crescendo.
  A flood of books about the man and his battles has appeared and the nostalgia has even given rise to a range of jewellery inspired by the gifts that Hamilton and Nelson gave each other.
  It's easy to get overwhelmed by the flood of problems you encounter when you first go into business.
  He flushed with embarrassment at the flood of fragments of the memories of that time.
  Another overlooked source of capital outflow comes from the flood of tourists visiting Hong Kong and other favourite destinations such as Bangkok and Singapore.
  In fact the BBC main news said next to nothing about such casualties until a flood of complaints from our readers appeared to contribute to a short-lived change in reporting.
  A flood of sweetness overwhelmed her senses, making Shirley dizzy with pleasure.
  Particularly from the 1960s a flood of studies of all kinds appeared.
  This was a new and unfamiliar situation, leading me on to wonder whether I was entitled to a flood of credits from other artists for not appearing on their albums either.
  Fox has now released a DVD version as part of the flood of war-related films that are appearing this May and June.
  She could see the majestic house appear over the horizon, and a flood of hope soaked her spirit.
  In the village, as he meets his sisters and others among whom he grew up, a flood of memories overwhelms him, and he abruptly changes his mind about selling the property.
  The first thing that needs to happen to create a flood of referrals into your personal training department is that you need to earn them.
  Soon, the flood of refuges overwhelms the establishment, and all of the foreigners flee the war-torn nation.
  This stream became a flood in the mid 1800's when 17,000 people entered Canada through this port during a three year period.
  There doesn't appear to be a major drop-off of talent despite the flood of newcomers.
  Spectators may be overwhelmed by the flood of words as well as the clash of absurdity and reality without having a chance to give it a moment's thought.
  Pretty soon the outflow of dollars became a river, then a flood.
  They believe that this report will embarrass the powers-that-be into triggering a flood of funds to tackle the ravages of heroin.
  Synonyms
  succession, series, string, chain
  barrage, volley, battery
  avalanche, torrent, stream, tide, spate, storm, shower, cascade, wave, rush, outpouring
3
short for floodlight
Example sentencesExamples
- The whitewashed walls glowed eerily in the light refracted from the flood lamps through the rain.
- His eyes adjusted to the lack of light automatically, and he was able to see details as if they were under the light of a flood lamp.

verb flʌdfləd

1with object Cover or submerge (an area) with water in a flood.
the dam burst, flooding a small town
Example sentencesExamples
- Homes along that area were also flooded, so I just wrapped up a story.
- What will happen next year when the water will flood Anjanvara's fertile fields?
- Residents told the mayor and city officers that the problem began four years ago when a water pipe burst and began flooding the area.
- As the tide flooded the surrounding area, the water swamped his boat.
- Also the streets in the downtown Monterey area are flooded.
- Cold water flooded the area, and Mira found herself panicking a little.
- The rain also put normal life out of gear as a number of residential areas were flooded and the main road in the town remained under water.
- This is an open invitation to flooding once the monsoon arrives and if the Tawi does overflow it will be a disaster.
- Blood spilled from out of their wounds and the mesmerizing water regained its former position and flooded the area where Lilac and Daikon rested.
- During the incident water flooded an area that is beside the huge batteries that power the diesel-electric submarine.
- The hurricane caused a surge of water that flooded large areas of the historic city center.
- More than 80 buildings in the Plovdiv area were flooded.
- Cellars of most apartments in the low-lying area were flooded, with cars and two-wheelers submerged in water.
- Many houses in this area were flooded in the 1982 disaster.
- In contrast, conventional hydropower technologies often rely on the construction of tall dams that flood the area behind them.
- As a result, more than 1,600 properties across the region were flooded, as rivers such as the Ouse and Derwent reached record levels and burst their banks.
- The engine room is flooded and will have to be pumped dry, as will a ballast tank in the bow of the vessel.
- Water flooded a state park and then rushed back into the black river.
- Rashid said flooding the area with water was not the only goal of his ministry.
- Water cooling is not provided internally and therefore the weld area is flooded with cooling water to keep the electrode wheels cool.
Synonyms
inundate, swamp, deluge, immerse, submerge, drown, engulf
1. 1.1no object Become covered or submerged by a flood.
  part of the vessel flooded
  figurative Sarah's eyes flooded with tears
  Example sentencesExamples
  The vessel's engine room began to flood at around 7.30 in the morning but the pumps could not keep pace with the incoming water.
  The tears began filling and flooding her eyes with salt water.
  I think the flood problems in Jakarta are almost impossible to solve, because the city floods every year, without fail.
  Some roadways were flooding, and detours were set up.
  The holds and engine room flooded, she was abandoned and later caught fire, at some stage breaking in two.
  As she fired, two bombs struck her, one causing the engine room to flood, and the second crashed into the galley setting it ablaze.
  Elected officials also had to clear up deliberately blocked toilets as the floors flooded with urine.
2. 1.2usually be flooded out (of a flood) force (someone) to leave their home.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Householders in the Cameron Grove, Butcher Terrace and Terry Street area were flooded out in the November disaster.
  Small animals like rats and snakes that have been flooded out of their homes may seek shelter in yours.
  Anyone who has been flooded out of their home is anxious to get back to ordinary life as soon as possible.
  A few days after Conrad left, Louis and his people were flooded out by a storm, their tents and baggage and even some people washed away by a flooding stream.
3. 1.3 (of a river) become swollen and overflow (its banks).
  Example sentencesExamples
  The River Ivel was severely flooded over the weekend putting homes in Blunham, Sandy and Shefford at risk and the A1 was closed.
  That wooden bridge, it would lead a pathway across a river that would flood every year at spring and become a frozen corridor of still ice when the cold came around.
  Divers and search and rescue dogs are on high alert following warnings of rivers and streams flooding as the snow starts to melt.
  When the river floods, it moves into the inundated rainforest.
  Water poured down from the mountain, feeding the gasping river, which promptly flooded its banks.
  In Pennsylvania heavy rains caused rivers and streams to flood their banks.
  It sank near Shatnal where the Meghna meets its tributaries and often floods its banks.
  Many Poles recalled the devastating floods of 1997 when torrential rain then caused the river Oder to flood its banks.
  Synonyms
  overflow, burst its banks, brim over, run over
  rare overbrim, disembogue
4. 1.4 Overfill the carburettor of (an engine) with petrol, causing the engine to fail to start.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The fed went from deflation, sort of stalling the engine to flooding the engine.
  The idea is to maintain a full tank, not flood the engine.
  I throw the car into drive and flood the engine with my right foot.
  Is this an acceleration effect, like flooding the engine with petrol before starting a journey, or is it an unsustainable curve?
  Trouble can start if you go too fast as the bow wave you create could flood the engine.
  Do this before hooking up the fuel system to avoid flooding the engine with fuel.
  He tried to start several more times but eventually he could smell the faint smell of gasoline meaning that he had flooded the engine.
  An official report shows a plane crash was most likely caused by an engine being flooded with fuel.
  I thought that I must have flooded something and that all would be well when the engine dried out.
  The biggest danger when entering the water is to create a bow wave that could flood the engine.
2no object, with adverbial of direction Arrive in overwhelming amounts or quantities.
sunlight flooded in at the windows
congratulatory messages flooded in
his old fears came flooding back
Example sentencesExamples
- He spoke in hushed tones, and his eyes flooded with worry.
- Meanwhile the messages of disbelief are flooding in.
- No sooner than he had said this, he felt a sudden surge of energy flood through him.
- More than 3,000 fax messages flooded into the studio in one day, and kept coming well into the early morning hours.
- Unprecedented amounts of donations are flooding into the various aid agencies and everyone is more than willing to lend financial support to the relief effort.
- His key function, however, is to maintain a mood and to keep the messages flooding in.
- I heard her screams and then all her pain and fear came flooding in to me.
- He might have noticed the way my cheeks flooded with scarlet, or how I seemed to be more reclusive than ever, but he didn't comment on it.
- Fear flooded through her and she tried running faster.
- However, then it became apparent that the annoying woman had got hold of his private e-mail address when the messages came flooding in.
- But then she felt something change, and fear flooded through her system.
- She came in from the kitchen and my body flooded with relief.
- Unsolicited electronic messages flood into everybody's in-boxes every day.
- Just one small word, and the familiar fears flood back in.
- With vast amounts of money flooding into the country, interest rates quickly began to converge with those in Germany even before the launch of the euro.
- There was a full moon tonight and a moderate amount of moonlight flooded through the window.
- Several of them inquire if they might purchase the program and thoughts of a yacht and early retirement flood through the owner's head.
- He paused for a moment, his memories now flooding back into his mind.
- He sat on the bed feeling his body slowly flooding with fear.
- The get-well-soon messages have been flooding in, and the Nottingham Evening Post set up a tribute board on its online format.
Synonyms
pour, stream, surge, swarm, pile, crowd, throng
1. 2.1with object Completely fill or suffuse.
  she flooded the room with light
  Example sentencesExamples
  Bristling from the early morning sunlight that floods the hallway, Lauren lowers her shades to her eyes and moves towards Mindy's room.
  Sunlight flooded the previously dingy room, illuminating the slightly discolored spots on the carpet and the ugly brown wallpaper.
  Despite the outside cold, sunlight flooded the interior and the heat became trapped.
  Her eyes snapped open, causing the sunlight to flood her senses, moments later she was still recovering.
  The room seemed to darken perceptibly even though bright sunlight flooded its every corner.
  Lightning marvelled at the sight, for he could imagine that the room would have been flooded with sunlight in ancient times.
  An intrusive coldness suffused my arteries, flooded my veins, scalloped my core in ice.
  I lied down between the gaping doorways and watched the openness of the world pass by, napping in the sunlight that flooded our car.
  A woosh of dread floods my stomach, spilling into my chest.
  His eyelids slowly fluttered open, the deep blue eyes squinting at the bright sunlight that flooded his eyes and the room he occupied.
  Blade blinked her eyes open groggily, wincing at the bright sunlight that flooded her face.
  Thomas slid in right after the rays of sunlight flooded the yard with a soft glow.
  Resting him down on one of the chairs Ezra let the sunlight flood his entire body and he slowly became one with it.
  Sunlight floods the spacious but sparingly furnished living room.
  A light flooded the area, making her squint at its source.
  Underground personnel had finally managed to get the blast doors to open, and flooded the room like water pouring into a bucket.
  Sunlight streamed in, flooding her room with a golden glow.
  Awareness floods her, filling her with a plethora of emotions.
  He awed at the power flooding his senses, filling him with unsurpassed might.
  Windows across the top of the front room flood the place with light, and the open space and asymmetrical shape of the front room offer good sightlines for his DIY-chic décor.
2. 2.2with object Overwhelm with large amounts or quantities.
  our switchboard was flooded with calls
  Example sentencesExamples
  There were people already gathered and there would be soon even more crowds that would flood the street.
  The new car market is flooded with foreign budget brands, with more models scheduled for release in the UK this year alone than ever before.
  Or what about if the market is suddenly flooded with cheap lighters - the price then drops to an all time low of 6 for £1.
  With the prices of handsets getting slashed week after week, the market is flooded with a wide range of latest models to choose from, depending on one's personal need.
  Most of the crowd had flooded the exits now, with only a handful of amazed onlookers diving for cover under the dugouts.
  For when yields rise, the market is flooded with grain, and its price collapses.
  Adults with rattling coughs, fevers and aches flooded their makeshift exam room.
  By the morning, police had flooded the sleepy area.
  Police have flooded a city area with leaflets appealing for information after four men were shot - and one of them died - in the space of three weeks.
  But when they reopened, the market was flooded with farmers trying to sell their animals as quickly as possible to avoid disease.
  The changing rooms have been flooded by the juniors, and now demonstrate sedimentation patterns wonderfully.
  The depression that followed the conclusion of war wiped out some manufacturers when British goods again flooded the market.
  Burns wants the emphasis switched from treating to preventing disease and is encouraging radical plans to flood deprived areas with specialist health workers.
  Investors are worried that if the issuer were to choose the share option, the market could be flooded with shares, making it difficult to convert them to cash.
  It is more sophisticated than flooding an area with police officers because you have got to be in the right place at the right time.
  The crowds cheered and flooded the basement, only to realize that no staircase led to the next floor.
  When it comes to fat-loss supplements, the market has been flooded with gimmick after gimmick.
  In the latest phase on the crackdown of pirate goods flooding the area, trading standards officers seized £91,000 worth of fake DVDs.
  The company floods each country with engineers, who spend months studying consumer habits and potential pitfalls.
  In a country with such a long tradition of corruption, one need not be a fortune-teller to predict that soon the black market will be flooded with such language diplomas.
  Synonyms
  glut, swamp, saturate, oversupply, overfill, overload, overwhelm
3no object (of a woman) experience a uterine haemorrhage.

Phrases

be in (full) flood

1(of a river) be overflowing its banks.
Example sentencesExamples
- Sadly, because it is such an unusual occurrence, people take their lives into their hands by attempting to cross swollen rivers, which, when they are in flood, results in loss of life and property.
- Covering a river coming down in flood, you find yourself in a position to make a decision of possibly historical importance.
- When he wishes to replace a footbridge, swept away by the river in flood, he gives instructions for it to be built of larch, because it is cheap and quick.
- The search was launched but it became immediately apparent that conditions were very dangerous as the river was in flood and the water visibility was down to just six inches.
- These have been days of rain, and now the river in flood carries its familiar load of dissolved earth, plastic trash, whole trees.
- But the river was in flood and police underwater search teams could not go into the water.
- The river is in flood at present with water discoloured but this appears to have had no detrimental effect on catches.
- The river begins expanding in early March and continues in flood until late June.
- When the river is in flood seepage is occurring at several locations.
- The decision to call off the event was made in the interest of safety as the river Mahon was in flood and would have constituted an unacceptable risk.
- The agency's regional flood defence committee backed the scheme to provide a dedicated outfall from the Riccall Ings washlands which can hold nearly two billion gallons of water when the river is in flood.
- The reason for this was that these were only licences to capture water when the river was in flood, so naturally licence holders would need to spend quite a bit of money on a dam to hold their water.
- The giant pumps are part of a multi-million pound flood relief scheme which is designed to divert the River Tutt out of Boroughbridge when the River Ure is in flood.
- Both dogs went to the river, which was in flood at the time.
- Getting supplies to the farm depended on the rivers not being in flood.
- After their arguments, tears would burst like rivers in flood and lamentations rose like smoke from the house.
- The Environment Agency has agreed to remove material from the Skell after members of the public raised concerns over the quantity brought down when it and the River Laver were in flood.
- In the 12 th century Queen Matilda came riding from London to Barking Forest for a spot of hunting only to get a soaking because the river was in flood, and so she ordered a bridge to be built instead.
- Following a site meeting on Wednesday, officers asked for electronic modelling work to predict how the wheel may affect the flow of the river when it is in flood and the park is under water.
- The Zambezi River has been in flood for the last three months following heavy rains in Zambia and Angola.
Synonyms
swollen, congested
1. 1.1Be progressing or talking vigorously or enthusiastically.
  discussion was already in full flood and refused to be dammed
  she was in full flood about the glories of bicycling
  Example sentencesExamples
  At which point certain members of the audience could restrain themselves no longer and began to heckle and then question these assertions whilst he was in full flood.
  He was in full flood when the chairman of the committee stopped him with the words, "You are not a member of this committee, John. You are not entitled to speak!"

Origin

Old English flōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloed and German Flut, also to flow.

Rhymes

blood, bud, crud, cud, dud, Judd, mud, rudd, scud, spud, stud, sudd, thud

Definition of flood in US English:

flood

nounflədfləd

1An overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land.
as modifier a flood barrier
in a thousand miles the flood destroyed every bridge
people uprooted by drought or flood
Example sentencesExamples
- He said people in the area were very hard working but they were being frustrated by natural calamities such as drought and floods which were destroying the crops before they matured.
- Here droughts, floods and locusts destroy crops and rinderpest kills cattle.
- Water logging and floods are invariably the fallout during rains.
- ‘We don't know whether the bridge can cope with that amount of water during a flood and it could eventually collapse,’ he said.
- Residents in Chapel Street and The Sands were evacuated to the town's Public Hall as the water level rose to just two inches below the flood protection barriers.
- You need to know how to cut off your water supply in a flood.
- The bridge was destroyed by floods in 1723 and a new one built in 1775.
- Firefighters, police, council workers and Thames Water joined forces to fight back the flood and limit the damage.
- Areas on the map are given low, moderate or significant risk ratings according to their location, the predicted water levels and the flood defences in place.
- They bear the cost of droughts, floods, and trade barriers into Europe.
- When Cawood faced severe flooding in 2000, club members pumped away water seeping through the flood defences for three days.
- The agency has launched an online advice service for small to medium-sized businesses to limit the flood threat.
- The receding of the water from the dry land after the flood sounds like the second and third days of Creation.
- Dissatisfied with these giants, Virococha caused a great flood, whose waters still remain in Titicaca.
- The main cause of flooding in the city centre is the use of flood barriers beyond the city centre.
- We just couldn't see a thing and all the time there was water coming like a flood behind us, and smoke and fires.
- Once you break the rim of the bowl and the water pours in, it's not like an ordinary flood, where the water comes and it goes.
- These initial releases were not successful, because all the plots were destroyed by herbicides, floods, or droughts.
- These include running off large volumes of silt-laden water during the flood season, from May to September.
- With flood irrigation, the water table near the creek is raised, that is, the amount of water in the soil is increased.
Synonyms
inundation, swamping, deluge
1. 1.1the Flood The biblical flood brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of the human race (Gen. 6 ff.).
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Walk the Plank theatre company will be staging a family show based upon the Biblical tale and the great flood.
  Dinosaurs were too big to go on the Ark, so they got buried in the mud of the Flood.
  It may surprise uninformed evolutionists, but rapid diversification is an implicit prediction of the biblical Creation / Fall / Flood / Migration model.
  There was the Flood, for example, in Noah's time.
  So what did Christ teach about Creation and Noah's Flood?
  While Star Trek's ‘Methuselah’ reforms, the Biblical Methuselah was done away with in the Flood.
  The Creation / Flood scenario for fossilization would allow many centuries for such permineralization to occur, even under less than ideal conditions.
  In fact, various Indian tribes around the world, the Australian aborigines, and other cultures have legends handed down from their ancestors that sound like the creation / Flood accounts in Genesis.
  When asked about the Flood and Noah's Ark, he said that that was a myth.
  The Flood may have stacked the rock like a giant layer cake, but what cut the cake?
  Many geological problems remain unsolved in the Creation / Flood model of earth history.
  However, a finite radiocarbon ‘age’ for this fossil wood is neither inconsistent nor unexpected within a Creation / Flood framework of Earth history.
  This changed only at the Flood, where God told Noah.
  In the Creation / Fall / Flood / Dispersion model of earth history, some very substantial changes have happened in what, to evolutionists, is an ultra-short time.
  Conversely, the era of most distant Godliness was the epoch of Noah's Flood.
  In fact, we point out that it is an important part of the Biblical Creation / Flood model.
  Mount Everest and the Himalayan mountain chain did not exist at the time of Noah's Flood.
2. 1.2 The inflow of the tide.
  Example sentencesExamples
  It had to be constantly compensated for, and dealt with, in the sense of gauging the force of Current and considering the ebb or flood of Tide.
  Additional samples were collected near Nauset Inlet on flood and ebb tides and during the day and night at Nauset Harbor and Town Cove stations.
  In a salt-wedge estuary, the river water, because of its lower density, rides over a wedge of salt water which moves short distances up and down the estuary in response to the weak flood and ebb of the tide.
  Yarmouth North Beach is an ebb tide mark, Caister produces fish on both flood and ebb tides, but any beach will give cod in the right conditions.
  Caused by a tall underwater pinnacle, the effect is most evident when a strong westerly wind catches a flood or ebb tide.
  With little tide run after first flood, bites signal on the rod tip as several nods, often confusing you into thinking it might be a huss.
  A lifelong fan - he queued in a sleeping bag to see Leeds in the 1965 Cup Final - Ridsdale could sense one of those tides which, taken at the flood, lead on to fortune.
  Synonyms
  inflow, inrush, inundation
3. 1.3literary A river, stream, or sea.
2An outpouring of tears or emotion.
Rose burst into such a flood of tears and sobs as I had never seen
Example sentencesExamples
- My wife was in absolute floods of tears when she saw the plot.
- When I had finished talking, I realised I was in floods of tears.
- It is 9.30 am and the birthday girl is in floods of tears.
- The teenager whose courageous three year battle against cancer has featured in the Evening Advertiser was distraught by the incident, and went home in floods of tears.
- This was so poignant and moving, and superbly executed by Urmana and Furlanetto, plus Mr Pappano and his amazing band, that I was in floods of tears.
- And when Percy came to the apartment at 10: 00 in the morning to work with me on his computer, I was in floods of tears.
- Members of the choir fled practice in floods of tears.
- But outside, despite the floods of tears by both pupils and parents, they said they refused to give up the fight and that they would be looking at all the options available to them to save the school.
- The other was a vision of a grown up man in floods of tears because, just having bought a brand new Pentax camera tax free, he had started to photograph one of the apes, which promptly grabbed the camera and tossed it down the cliff!
- The other great shadow over our lives was the threat of nuclear war, something that for me could easily produce floods of tears whenever a school play demanded weeping.
- I was in floods of tears, screaming and smashing things up.
- When was the last time a book had you in floods of tears?
- She stood, in floods of tears, as her rivals swept past.
- One day I found myself driving home in floods of tears.
- I remember watching ‘Born Free’ with my mum when I was a nipper and being in absolute floods of tears.
- Liam and I were in floods of tears because I just didn't know what to do.
- As he left the ground, McBride was in floods of tears.
- She had made the trip from Glasgow, where she lives, to her home town of Greenock countless times, but on this occasion the trip had her screaming with shock and bursting into floods of tears.
- If they don't get their act together in the next couple of weeks it's going to end in floods of tears.
- ‘If he just started talking, I would be in floods of tears because it was so wonderful’, Mrs West said.
Synonyms
outpouring, torrent, rush, stream, gush, surge, cascade, flow
1. 2.1 A very large quantity of people or things that appear or need to be dealt with.
  a constant flood of callers
  Example sentencesExamples
  Jamie's concerned question caught her off-guard and unleashed a flood of emotions.
  A flood of books about the man and his battles has appeared and the nostalgia has even given rise to a range of jewellery inspired by the gifts that Hamilton and Nelson gave each other.
  In the village, as he meets his sisters and others among whom he grew up, a flood of memories overwhelms him, and he abruptly changes his mind about selling the property.
  It's easy to get overwhelmed by the flood of problems you encounter when you first go into business.
  A flood of sweetness overwhelmed her senses, making Shirley dizzy with pleasure.
  There doesn't appear to be a major drop-off of talent despite the flood of newcomers.
  Accurate or not, the flood of bad news appears to be reaching some kind of crescendo.
  Particularly from the 1960s a flood of studies of all kinds appeared.
  They believe that this report will embarrass the powers-that-be into triggering a flood of funds to tackle the ravages of heroin.
  Spectators may be overwhelmed by the flood of words as well as the clash of absurdity and reality without having a chance to give it a moment's thought.
  The first thing that needs to happen to create a flood of referrals into your personal training department is that you need to earn them.
  This stream became a flood in the mid 1800's when 17,000 people entered Canada through this port during a three year period.
  Pretty soon the outflow of dollars became a river, then a flood.
  Another overlooked source of capital outflow comes from the flood of tourists visiting Hong Kong and other favourite destinations such as Bangkok and Singapore.
  This was a new and unfamiliar situation, leading me on to wonder whether I was entitled to a flood of credits from other artists for not appearing on their albums either.
  He flushed with embarrassment at the flood of fragments of the memories of that time.
  In fact the BBC main news said next to nothing about such casualties until a flood of complaints from our readers appeared to contribute to a short-lived change in reporting.
  She could see the majestic house appear over the horizon, and a flood of hope soaked her spirit.
  Soon, the flood of refuges overwhelms the establishment, and all of the foreigners flee the war-torn nation.
  Fox has now released a DVD version as part of the flood of war-related films that are appearing this May and June.
  Synonyms
  succession, series, string, chain
3
short for floodlight
Example sentencesExamples
- His eyes adjusted to the lack of light automatically, and he was able to see details as if they were under the light of a flood lamp.
- The whitewashed walls glowed eerily in the light refracted from the flood lamps through the rain.

verbflədfləd

1with object Cover or submerge (a place or area) with water.
the dam burst, flooding a small town
watching her father flood their backyard skating rink
Example sentencesExamples
- Cellars of most apartments in the low-lying area were flooded, with cars and two-wheelers submerged in water.
- The engine room is flooded and will have to be pumped dry, as will a ballast tank in the bow of the vessel.
- As the tide flooded the surrounding area, the water swamped his boat.
- Water cooling is not provided internally and therefore the weld area is flooded with cooling water to keep the electrode wheels cool.
- In contrast, conventional hydropower technologies often rely on the construction of tall dams that flood the area behind them.
- Many houses in this area were flooded in the 1982 disaster.
- Also the streets in the downtown Monterey area are flooded.
- Residents told the mayor and city officers that the problem began four years ago when a water pipe burst and began flooding the area.
- During the incident water flooded an area that is beside the huge batteries that power the diesel-electric submarine.
- More than 80 buildings in the Plovdiv area were flooded.
- This is an open invitation to flooding once the monsoon arrives and if the Tawi does overflow it will be a disaster.
- As a result, more than 1,600 properties across the region were flooded, as rivers such as the Ouse and Derwent reached record levels and burst their banks.
- Cold water flooded the area, and Mira found herself panicking a little.
- Blood spilled from out of their wounds and the mesmerizing water regained its former position and flooded the area where Lilac and Daikon rested.
- What will happen next year when the water will flood Anjanvara's fertile fields?
- Homes along that area were also flooded, so I just wrapped up a story.
- The rain also put normal life out of gear as a number of residential areas were flooded and the main road in the town remained under water.
- The hurricane caused a surge of water that flooded large areas of the historic city center.
- Rashid said flooding the area with water was not the only goal of his ministry.
- Water flooded a state park and then rushed back into the black river.
Synonyms
inundate, swamp, deluge, immerse, submerge, drown, engulf
1. 1.1no object Become covered or submerged with water.
  part of the vessel flooded
  figurative Sarah's eyes flooded with tears
  Example sentencesExamples
  I think the flood problems in Jakarta are almost impossible to solve, because the city floods every year, without fail.
  The holds and engine room flooded, she was abandoned and later caught fire, at some stage breaking in two.
  The tears began filling and flooding her eyes with salt water.
  As she fired, two bombs struck her, one causing the engine room to flood, and the second crashed into the galley setting it ablaze.
  The vessel's engine room began to flood at around 7.30 in the morning but the pumps could not keep pace with the incoming water.
  Elected officials also had to clear up deliberately blocked toilets as the floors flooded with urine.
  Some roadways were flooding, and detours were set up.
2. 1.2usually be flooded out Drive someone out of their home or business with a flood.
  most of the families who have been flooded out will receive compensation
  Example sentencesExamples
  Small animals like rats and snakes that have been flooded out of their homes may seek shelter in yours.
  A few days after Conrad left, Louis and his people were flooded out by a storm, their tents and baggage and even some people washed away by a flooding stream.
  Householders in the Cameron Grove, Butcher Terrace and Terry Street area were flooded out in the November disaster.
  Anyone who has been flooded out of their home is anxious to get back to ordinary life as soon as possible.
3. 1.3 (of a river or sea) become swollen and overflow (its banks)
  the river flooded its banks
  no object the river will flood if it gets much worse
  Example sentencesExamples
  When the river floods, it moves into the inundated rainforest.
  Water poured down from the mountain, feeding the gasping river, which promptly flooded its banks.
  That wooden bridge, it would lead a pathway across a river that would flood every year at spring and become a frozen corridor of still ice when the cold came around.
  The River Ivel was severely flooded over the weekend putting homes in Blunham, Sandy and Shefford at risk and the A1 was closed.
  Divers and search and rescue dogs are on high alert following warnings of rivers and streams flooding as the snow starts to melt.
  It sank near Shatnal where the Meghna meets its tributaries and often floods its banks.
  Many Poles recalled the devastating floods of 1997 when torrential rain then caused the river Oder to flood its banks.
  In Pennsylvania heavy rains caused rivers and streams to flood their banks.
  Synonyms
  overflow, burst its banks, brim over, run over
4. 1.4 Overfill the carburetor of (an engine) with fuel, causing the engine to fail to start.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The idea is to maintain a full tank, not flood the engine.
  The biggest danger when entering the water is to create a bow wave that could flood the engine.
  The fed went from deflation, sort of stalling the engine to flooding the engine.
  I throw the car into drive and flood the engine with my right foot.
  Is this an acceleration effect, like flooding the engine with petrol before starting a journey, or is it an unsustainable curve?
  Trouble can start if you go too fast as the bow wave you create could flood the engine.
  I thought that I must have flooded something and that all would be well when the engine dried out.
  Do this before hooking up the fuel system to avoid flooding the engine with fuel.
  An official report shows a plane crash was most likely caused by an engine being flooded with fuel.
  He tried to start several more times but eventually he could smell the faint smell of gasoline meaning that he had flooded the engine.
2no object, with adverbial of direction Arrive in overwhelming amounts or quantities.
sunlight flooded in at the windows
congratulatory messages flooded in
his old fears came flooding back
Example sentencesExamples
- Fear flooded through her and she tried running faster.
- Several of them inquire if they might purchase the program and thoughts of a yacht and early retirement flood through the owner's head.
- But then she felt something change, and fear flooded through her system.
- His key function, however, is to maintain a mood and to keep the messages flooding in.
- Unprecedented amounts of donations are flooding into the various aid agencies and everyone is more than willing to lend financial support to the relief effort.
- However, then it became apparent that the annoying woman had got hold of his private e-mail address when the messages came flooding in.
- The get-well-soon messages have been flooding in, and the Nottingham Evening Post set up a tribute board on its online format.
- She came in from the kitchen and my body flooded with relief.
- More than 3,000 fax messages flooded into the studio in one day, and kept coming well into the early morning hours.
- He spoke in hushed tones, and his eyes flooded with worry.
- There was a full moon tonight and a moderate amount of moonlight flooded through the window.
- Just one small word, and the familiar fears flood back in.
- I heard her screams and then all her pain and fear came flooding in to me.
- No sooner than he had said this, he felt a sudden surge of energy flood through him.
- He sat on the bed feeling his body slowly flooding with fear.
- Unsolicited electronic messages flood into everybody's in-boxes every day.
- He might have noticed the way my cheeks flooded with scarlet, or how I seemed to be more reclusive than ever, but he didn't comment on it.
- He paused for a moment, his memories now flooding back into his mind.
- With vast amounts of money flooding into the country, interest rates quickly began to converge with those in Germany even before the launch of the euro.
- Meanwhile the messages of disbelief are flooding in.
Synonyms
pour, stream, surge, swarm, pile, crowd, throng
1. 2.1with object Completely fill or suffuse.
  she flooded the room with light
  Example sentencesExamples
  Blade blinked her eyes open groggily, wincing at the bright sunlight that flooded her face.
  A woosh of dread floods my stomach, spilling into my chest.
  Bristling from the early morning sunlight that floods the hallway, Lauren lowers her shades to her eyes and moves towards Mindy's room.
  A light flooded the area, making her squint at its source.
  Windows across the top of the front room flood the place with light, and the open space and asymmetrical shape of the front room offer good sightlines for his DIY-chic décor.
  Lightning marvelled at the sight, for he could imagine that the room would have been flooded with sunlight in ancient times.
  I lied down between the gaping doorways and watched the openness of the world pass by, napping in the sunlight that flooded our car.
  Resting him down on one of the chairs Ezra let the sunlight flood his entire body and he slowly became one with it.
  The room seemed to darken perceptibly even though bright sunlight flooded its every corner.
  His eyelids slowly fluttered open, the deep blue eyes squinting at the bright sunlight that flooded his eyes and the room he occupied.
  Sunlight streamed in, flooding her room with a golden glow.
  Thomas slid in right after the rays of sunlight flooded the yard with a soft glow.
  Awareness floods her, filling her with a plethora of emotions.
  An intrusive coldness suffused my arteries, flooded my veins, scalloped my core in ice.
  Despite the outside cold, sunlight flooded the interior and the heat became trapped.
  Sunlight flooded the previously dingy room, illuminating the slightly discolored spots on the carpet and the ugly brown wallpaper.
  Underground personnel had finally managed to get the blast doors to open, and flooded the room like water pouring into a bucket.
  Her eyes snapped open, causing the sunlight to flood her senses, moments later she was still recovering.
  Sunlight floods the spacious but sparingly furnished living room.
  He awed at the power flooding his senses, filling him with unsurpassed might.
2. 2.2with object Overwhelm or swamp with large amounts or quantities.
  our switchboard was flooded with calls
  Example sentencesExamples
  There were people already gathered and there would be soon even more crowds that would flood the street.
  It is more sophisticated than flooding an area with police officers because you have got to be in the right place at the right time.
  Police have flooded a city area with leaflets appealing for information after four men were shot - and one of them died - in the space of three weeks.
  Investors are worried that if the issuer were to choose the share option, the market could be flooded with shares, making it difficult to convert them to cash.
  When it comes to fat-loss supplements, the market has been flooded with gimmick after gimmick.
  The company floods each country with engineers, who spend months studying consumer habits and potential pitfalls.
  Most of the crowd had flooded the exits now, with only a handful of amazed onlookers diving for cover under the dugouts.
  In a country with such a long tradition of corruption, one need not be a fortune-teller to predict that soon the black market will be flooded with such language diplomas.
  The new car market is flooded with foreign budget brands, with more models scheduled for release in the UK this year alone than ever before.
  With the prices of handsets getting slashed week after week, the market is flooded with a wide range of latest models to choose from, depending on one's personal need.
  By the morning, police had flooded the sleepy area.
  But when they reopened, the market was flooded with farmers trying to sell their animals as quickly as possible to avoid disease.
  Burns wants the emphasis switched from treating to preventing disease and is encouraging radical plans to flood deprived areas with specialist health workers.
  In the latest phase on the crackdown of pirate goods flooding the area, trading standards officers seized £91,000 worth of fake DVDs.
  The crowds cheered and flooded the basement, only to realize that no staircase led to the next floor.
  The depression that followed the conclusion of war wiped out some manufacturers when British goods again flooded the market.
  Adults with rattling coughs, fevers and aches flooded their makeshift exam room.
  Or what about if the market is suddenly flooded with cheap lighters - the price then drops to an all time low of 6 for £1.
  The changing rooms have been flooded by the juniors, and now demonstrate sedimentation patterns wonderfully.
  For when yields rise, the market is flooded with grain, and its price collapses.
  Synonyms
  glut, swamp, saturate, oversupply, overfill, overload, overwhelm

Phrases

be in (full) flood

1(of a river) be swollen and overflowing its banks.
Example sentencesExamples
- Getting supplies to the farm depended on the rivers not being in flood.
- The reason for this was that these were only licences to capture water when the river was in flood, so naturally licence holders would need to spend quite a bit of money on a dam to hold their water.
- These have been days of rain, and now the river in flood carries its familiar load of dissolved earth, plastic trash, whole trees.
- In the 12 th century Queen Matilda came riding from London to Barking Forest for a spot of hunting only to get a soaking because the river was in flood, and so she ordered a bridge to be built instead.
- The river is in flood at present with water discoloured but this appears to have had no detrimental effect on catches.
- But the river was in flood and police underwater search teams could not go into the water.
- When the river is in flood seepage is occurring at several locations.
- After their arguments, tears would burst like rivers in flood and lamentations rose like smoke from the house.
- The search was launched but it became immediately apparent that conditions were very dangerous as the river was in flood and the water visibility was down to just six inches.
- The agency's regional flood defence committee backed the scheme to provide a dedicated outfall from the Riccall Ings washlands which can hold nearly two billion gallons of water when the river is in flood.
- The Zambezi River has been in flood for the last three months following heavy rains in Zambia and Angola.
- The decision to call off the event was made in the interest of safety as the river Mahon was in flood and would have constituted an unacceptable risk.
- Both dogs went to the river, which was in flood at the time.
- Following a site meeting on Wednesday, officers asked for electronic modelling work to predict how the wheel may affect the flow of the river when it is in flood and the park is under water.
- The river begins expanding in early March and continues in flood until late June.
- Sadly, because it is such an unusual occurrence, people take their lives into their hands by attempting to cross swollen rivers, which, when they are in flood, results in loss of life and property.
- The Environment Agency has agreed to remove material from the Skell after members of the public raised concerns over the quantity brought down when it and the River Laver were in flood.
- The giant pumps are part of a multi-million pound flood relief scheme which is designed to divert the River Tutt out of Boroughbridge when the River Ure is in flood.
- When he wishes to replace a footbridge, swept away by the river in flood, he gives instructions for it to be built of larch, because it is cheap and quick.
- Covering a river coming down in flood, you find yourself in a position to make a decision of possibly historical importance.
Synonyms
swollen, congested
1. 1.1Be progressing or talking vigorously or enthusiastically.
  discussion was already in full flood and refused to be dammed
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was in full flood when the chairman of the committee stopped him with the words, "You are not a member of this committee, John. You are not entitled to speak!"
  At which point certain members of the audience could restrain themselves no longer and began to heckle and then question these assertions whilst he was in full flood.

Origin

Old English flōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloed and German Flut, also to flow.

单词	flood
释义	Definition of flood in English: flood noun flʌdfləd 1An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land. the villagers had been cut off by floods and landslides as modifier a flood barrier Example sentencesExamples Residents in Chapel Street and The Sands were evacuated to the town's Public Hall as the water level rose to just two inches below the flood protection barriers. Once you break the rim of the bowl and the water pours in, it's not like an ordinary flood, where the water comes and it goes. You need to know how to cut off your water supply in a flood. These include running off large volumes of silt-laden water during the flood season, from May to September. Firefighters, police, council workers and Thames Water joined forces to fight back the flood and limit the damage. Dissatisfied with these giants, Virococha caused a great flood, whose waters still remain in Titicaca. He said people in the area were very hard working but they were being frustrated by natural calamities such as drought and floods which were destroying the crops before they matured. When Cawood faced severe flooding in 2000, club members pumped away water seeping through the flood defences for three days. These initial releases were not successful, because all the plots were destroyed by herbicides, floods, or droughts. ‘We don't know whether the bridge can cope with that amount of water during a flood and it could eventually collapse,’ he said. The bridge was destroyed by floods in 1723 and a new one built in 1775. Here droughts, floods and locusts destroy crops and rinderpest kills cattle. With flood irrigation, the water table near the creek is raised, that is, the amount of water in the soil is increased. Water logging and floods are invariably the fallout during rains. We just couldn't see a thing and all the time there was water coming like a flood behind us, and smoke and fires. The main cause of flooding in the city centre is the use of flood barriers beyond the city centre. The receding of the water from the dry land after the flood sounds like the second and third days of Creation. The agency has launched an online advice service for small to medium-sized businesses to limit the flood threat. They bear the cost of droughts, floods, and trade barriers into Europe. Areas on the map are given low, moderate or significant risk ratings according to their location, the predicted water levels and the flood defences in place. Synonyms inundation, swamping, deluge torrent, overflow, flash flood, freshet downpour, cloudburst British spate 1.1 The biblical flood brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of the human race (Gen. 6 ff.). Example sentencesExamples It may surprise uninformed evolutionists, but rapid diversification is an implicit prediction of the biblical Creation / Fall / Flood / Migration model. When asked about the Flood and Noah's Ark, he said that that was a myth. Conversely, the era of most distant Godliness was the epoch of Noah's Flood. While Star Trek's ‘Methuselah’ reforms, the Biblical Methuselah was done away with in the Flood. However, a finite radiocarbon ‘age’ for this fossil wood is neither inconsistent nor unexpected within a Creation / Flood framework of Earth history. This changed only at the Flood, where God told Noah. Dinosaurs were too big to go on the Ark, so they got buried in the mud of the Flood. In the Creation / Fall / Flood / Dispersion model of earth history, some very substantial changes have happened in what, to evolutionists, is an ultra-short time. Many geological problems remain unsolved in the Creation / Flood model of earth history. In fact, various Indian tribes around the world, the Australian aborigines, and other cultures have legends handed down from their ancestors that sound like the creation / Flood accounts in Genesis. In fact, we point out that it is an important part of the Biblical Creation / Flood model. The Walk the Plank theatre company will be staging a family show based upon the Biblical tale and the great flood. There was the Flood, for example, in Noah's time. The Flood may have stacked the rock like a giant layer cake, but what cut the cake? The Creation / Flood scenario for fossilization would allow many centuries for such permineralization to occur, even under less than ideal conditions. So what did Christ teach about Creation and Noah's Flood? Mount Everest and the Himalayan mountain chain did not exist at the time of Noah's Flood. 1.2 The inflow of the tide. Example sentencesExamples It had to be constantly compensated for, and dealt with, in the sense of gauging the force of Current and considering the ebb or flood of Tide. In a salt-wedge estuary, the river water, because of its lower density, rides over a wedge of salt water which moves short distances up and down the estuary in response to the weak flood and ebb of the tide. Caused by a tall underwater pinnacle, the effect is most evident when a strong westerly wind catches a flood or ebb tide. A lifelong fan - he queued in a sleeping bag to see Leeds in the 1965 Cup Final - Ridsdale could sense one of those tides which, taken at the flood, lead on to fortune. Additional samples were collected near Nauset Inlet on flood and ebb tides and during the day and night at Nauset Harbor and Town Cove stations. With little tide run after first flood, bites signal on the rod tip as several nods, often confusing you into thinking it might be a huss. Yarmouth North Beach is an ebb tide mark, Caister produces fish on both flood and ebb tides, but any beach will give cod in the right conditions. Synonyms inflow, inrush, inundation 1.3literary A river, stream, or sea. 2An outpouring of tears. she burst into floods of tears Example sentencesExamples When was the last time a book had you in floods of tears? And when Percy came to the apartment at 10: 00 in the morning to work with me on his computer, I was in floods of tears. If they don't get their act together in the next couple of weeks it's going to end in floods of tears. One day I found myself driving home in floods of tears. My wife was in absolute floods of tears when she saw the plot. I remember watching ‘Born Free’ with my mum when I was a nipper and being in absolute floods of tears. She stood, in floods of tears, as her rivals swept past. Liam and I were in floods of tears because I just didn't know what to do. When I had finished talking, I realised I was in floods of tears. Members of the choir fled practice in floods of tears. ‘If he just started talking, I would be in floods of tears because it was so wonderful’, Mrs West said. The other great shadow over our lives was the threat of nuclear war, something that for me could easily produce floods of tears whenever a school play demanded weeping. She had made the trip from Glasgow, where she lives, to her home town of Greenock countless times, but on this occasion the trip had her screaming with shock and bursting into floods of tears. I was in floods of tears, screaming and smashing things up. This was so poignant and moving, and superbly executed by Urmana and Furlanetto, plus Mr Pappano and his amazing band, that I was in floods of tears. The teenager whose courageous three year battle against cancer has featured in the Evening Advertiser was distraught by the incident, and went home in floods of tears. As he left the ground, McBride was in floods of tears. But outside, despite the floods of tears by both pupils and parents, they said they refused to give up the fight and that they would be looking at all the options available to them to save the school. It is 9.30 am and the birthday girl is in floods of tears. The other was a vision of a grown up man in floods of tears because, just having bought a brand new Pentax camera tax free, he had started to photograph one of the apes, which promptly grabbed the camera and tossed it down the cliff! Synonyms outpouring, torrent, rush, stream, gush, surge, cascade, flow 2.1 An overwhelming quantity of things or people happening or appearing at the same time. his column provoked a flood of complaints floods of tourists come each year to marvel at the sights Example sentencesExamples Jamie's concerned question caught her off-guard and unleashed a flood of emotions. Accurate or not, the flood of bad news appears to be reaching some kind of crescendo. A flood of books about the man and his battles has appeared and the nostalgia has even given rise to a range of jewellery inspired by the gifts that Hamilton and Nelson gave each other. It's easy to get overwhelmed by the flood of problems you encounter when you first go into business. He flushed with embarrassment at the flood of fragments of the memories of that time. Another overlooked source of capital outflow comes from the flood of tourists visiting Hong Kong and other favourite destinations such as Bangkok and Singapore. In fact the BBC main news said next to nothing about such casualties until a flood of complaints from our readers appeared to contribute to a short-lived change in reporting. A flood of sweetness overwhelmed her senses, making Shirley dizzy with pleasure. Particularly from the 1960s a flood of studies of all kinds appeared. This was a new and unfamiliar situation, leading me on to wonder whether I was entitled to a flood of credits from other artists for not appearing on their albums either. Fox has now released a DVD version as part of the flood of war-related films that are appearing this May and June. She could see the majestic house appear over the horizon, and a flood of hope soaked her spirit. In the village, as he meets his sisters and others among whom he grew up, a flood of memories overwhelms him, and he abruptly changes his mind about selling the property. The first thing that needs to happen to create a flood of referrals into your personal training department is that you need to earn them. Soon, the flood of refuges overwhelms the establishment, and all of the foreigners flee the war-torn nation. This stream became a flood in the mid 1800's when 17,000 people entered Canada through this port during a three year period. There doesn't appear to be a major drop-off of talent despite the flood of newcomers. Spectators may be overwhelmed by the flood of words as well as the clash of absurdity and reality without having a chance to give it a moment's thought. Pretty soon the outflow of dollars became a river, then a flood. They believe that this report will embarrass the powers-that-be into triggering a flood of funds to tackle the ravages of heroin. Synonyms succession, series, string, chain barrage, volley, battery avalanche, torrent, stream, tide, spate, storm, shower, cascade, wave, rush, outpouring 3 short for floodlight Example sentencesExamples The whitewashed walls glowed eerily in the light refracted from the flood lamps through the rain. His eyes adjusted to the lack of light automatically, and he was able to see details as if they were under the light of a flood lamp. verb flʌdfləd 1with object Cover or submerge (an area) with water in a flood. the dam burst, flooding a small town Example sentencesExamples Homes along that area were also flooded, so I just wrapped up a story. What will happen next year when the water will flood Anjanvara's fertile fields? Residents told the mayor and city officers that the problem began four years ago when a water pipe burst and began flooding the area. As the tide flooded the surrounding area, the water swamped his boat. Also the streets in the downtown Monterey area are flooded. Cold water flooded the area, and Mira found herself panicking a little. The rain also put normal life out of gear as a number of residential areas were flooded and the main road in the town remained under water. This is an open invitation to flooding once the monsoon arrives and if the Tawi does overflow it will be a disaster. Blood spilled from out of their wounds and the mesmerizing water regained its former position and flooded the area where Lilac and Daikon rested. During the incident water flooded an area that is beside the huge batteries that power the diesel-electric submarine. The hurricane caused a surge of water that flooded large areas of the historic city center. More than 80 buildings in the Plovdiv area were flooded. Cellars of most apartments in the low-lying area were flooded, with cars and two-wheelers submerged in water. Many houses in this area were flooded in the 1982 disaster. In contrast, conventional hydropower technologies often rely on the construction of tall dams that flood the area behind them. As a result, more than 1,600 properties across the region were flooded, as rivers such as the Ouse and Derwent reached record levels and burst their banks. The engine room is flooded and will have to be pumped dry, as will a ballast tank in the bow of the vessel. Water flooded a state park and then rushed back into the black river. Rashid said flooding the area with water was not the only goal of his ministry. Water cooling is not provided internally and therefore the weld area is flooded with cooling water to keep the electrode wheels cool. Synonyms inundate, swamp, deluge, immerse, submerge, drown, engulf 1.1no object Become covered or submerged by a flood. part of the vessel flooded figurative Sarah's eyes flooded with tears Example sentencesExamples The vessel's engine room began to flood at around 7.30 in the morning but the pumps could not keep pace with the incoming water. The tears began filling and flooding her eyes with salt water. I think the flood problems in Jakarta are almost impossible to solve, because the city floods every year, without fail. Some roadways were flooding, and detours were set up. The holds and engine room flooded, she was abandoned and later caught fire, at some stage breaking in two. As she fired, two bombs struck her, one causing the engine room to flood, and the second crashed into the galley setting it ablaze. Elected officials also had to clear up deliberately blocked toilets as the floors flooded with urine. 1.2usually be flooded out (of a flood) force (someone) to leave their home. Example sentencesExamples Householders in the Cameron Grove, Butcher Terrace and Terry Street area were flooded out in the November disaster. Small animals like rats and snakes that have been flooded out of their homes may seek shelter in yours. Anyone who has been flooded out of their home is anxious to get back to ordinary life as soon as possible. A few days after Conrad left, Louis and his people were flooded out by a storm, their tents and baggage and even some people washed away by a flooding stream. 1.3 (of a river) become swollen and overflow (its banks). Example sentencesExamples The River Ivel was severely flooded over the weekend putting homes in Blunham, Sandy and Shefford at risk and the A1 was closed. That wooden bridge, it would lead a pathway across a river that would flood every year at spring and become a frozen corridor of still ice when the cold came around. Divers and search and rescue dogs are on high alert following warnings of rivers and streams flooding as the snow starts to melt. When the river floods, it moves into the inundated rainforest. Water poured down from the mountain, feeding the gasping river, which promptly flooded its banks. In Pennsylvania heavy rains caused rivers and streams to flood their banks. It sank near Shatnal where the Meghna meets its tributaries and often floods its banks. Many Poles recalled the devastating floods of 1997 when torrential rain then caused the river Oder to flood its banks. Synonyms overflow, burst its banks, brim over, run over rare overbrim, disembogue 1.4 Overfill the carburettor of (an engine) with petrol, causing the engine to fail to start. Example sentencesExamples The fed went from deflation, sort of stalling the engine to flooding the engine. The idea is to maintain a full tank, not flood the engine. I throw the car into drive and flood the engine with my right foot. Is this an acceleration effect, like flooding the engine with petrol before starting a journey, or is it an unsustainable curve? Trouble can start if you go too fast as the bow wave you create could flood the engine. Do this before hooking up the fuel system to avoid flooding the engine with fuel. He tried to start several more times but eventually he could smell the faint smell of gasoline meaning that he had flooded the engine. An official report shows a plane crash was most likely caused by an engine being flooded with fuel. I thought that I must have flooded something and that all would be well when the engine dried out. The biggest danger when entering the water is to create a bow wave that could flood the engine. 2no object, with adverbial of direction Arrive in overwhelming amounts or quantities. sunlight flooded in at the windows congratulatory messages flooded in his old fears came flooding back Example sentencesExamples He spoke in hushed tones, and his eyes flooded with worry. Meanwhile the messages of disbelief are flooding in. No sooner than he had said this, he felt a sudden surge of energy flood through him. More than 3,000 fax messages flooded into the studio in one day, and kept coming well into the early morning hours. Unprecedented amounts of donations are flooding into the various aid agencies and everyone is more than willing to lend financial support to the relief effort. His key function, however, is to maintain a mood and to keep the messages flooding in. I heard her screams and then all her pain and fear came flooding in to me. He might have noticed the way my cheeks flooded with scarlet, or how I seemed to be more reclusive than ever, but he didn't comment on it. Fear flooded through her and she tried running faster. However, then it became apparent that the annoying woman had got hold of his private e-mail address when the messages came flooding in. But then she felt something change, and fear flooded through her system. She came in from the kitchen and my body flooded with relief. Unsolicited electronic messages flood into everybody's in-boxes every day. Just one small word, and the familiar fears flood back in. With vast amounts of money flooding into the country, interest rates quickly began to converge with those in Germany even before the launch of the euro. There was a full moon tonight and a moderate amount of moonlight flooded through the window. Several of them inquire if they might purchase the program and thoughts of a yacht and early retirement flood through the owner's head. He paused for a moment, his memories now flooding back into his mind. He sat on the bed feeling his body slowly flooding with fear. The get-well-soon messages have been flooding in, and the Nottingham Evening Post set up a tribute board on its online format. Synonyms pour, stream, surge, swarm, pile, crowd, throng 2.1with object Completely fill or suffuse. she flooded the room with light Example sentencesExamples Bristling from the early morning sunlight that floods the hallway, Lauren lowers her shades to her eyes and moves towards Mindy's room. Sunlight flooded the previously dingy room, illuminating the slightly discolored spots on the carpet and the ugly brown wallpaper. Despite the outside cold, sunlight flooded the interior and the heat became trapped. Her eyes snapped open, causing the sunlight to flood her senses, moments later she was still recovering. The room seemed to darken perceptibly even though bright sunlight flooded its every corner. Lightning marvelled at the sight, for he could imagine that the room would have been flooded with sunlight in ancient times. An intrusive coldness suffused my arteries, flooded my veins, scalloped my core in ice. I lied down between the gaping doorways and watched the openness of the world pass by, napping in the sunlight that flooded our car. A woosh of dread floods my stomach, spilling into my chest. His eyelids slowly fluttered open, the deep blue eyes squinting at the bright sunlight that flooded his eyes and the room he occupied. Blade blinked her eyes open groggily, wincing at the bright sunlight that flooded her face. Thomas slid in right after the rays of sunlight flooded the yard with a soft glow. Resting him down on one of the chairs Ezra let the sunlight flood his entire body and he slowly became one with it. Sunlight floods the spacious but sparingly furnished living room. A light flooded the area, making her squint at its source. Underground personnel had finally managed to get the blast doors to open, and flooded the room like water pouring into a bucket. Sunlight streamed in, flooding her room with a golden glow. Awareness floods her, filling her with a plethora of emotions. He awed at the power flooding his senses, filling him with unsurpassed might. Windows across the top of the front room flood the place with light, and the open space and asymmetrical shape of the front room offer good sightlines for his DIY-chic décor. 2.2with object Overwhelm with large amounts or quantities. our switchboard was flooded with calls Example sentencesExamples There were people already gathered and there would be soon even more crowds that would flood the street. The new car market is flooded with foreign budget brands, with more models scheduled for release in the UK this year alone than ever before. Or what about if the market is suddenly flooded with cheap lighters - the price then drops to an all time low of 6 for £1. With the prices of handsets getting slashed week after week, the market is flooded with a wide range of latest models to choose from, depending on one's personal need. Most of the crowd had flooded the exits now, with only a handful of amazed onlookers diving for cover under the dugouts. For when yields rise, the market is flooded with grain, and its price collapses. Adults with rattling coughs, fevers and aches flooded their makeshift exam room. By the morning, police had flooded the sleepy area. Police have flooded a city area with leaflets appealing for information after four men were shot - and one of them died - in the space of three weeks. But when they reopened, the market was flooded with farmers trying to sell their animals as quickly as possible to avoid disease. The changing rooms have been flooded by the juniors, and now demonstrate sedimentation patterns wonderfully. The depression that followed the conclusion of war wiped out some manufacturers when British goods again flooded the market. Burns wants the emphasis switched from treating to preventing disease and is encouraging radical plans to flood deprived areas with specialist health workers. Investors are worried that if the issuer were to choose the share option, the market could be flooded with shares, making it difficult to convert them to cash. It is more sophisticated than flooding an area with police officers because you have got to be in the right place at the right time. The crowds cheered and flooded the basement, only to realize that no staircase led to the next floor. When it comes to fat-loss supplements, the market has been flooded with gimmick after gimmick. In the latest phase on the crackdown of pirate goods flooding the area, trading standards officers seized £91,000 worth of fake DVDs. The company floods each country with engineers, who spend months studying consumer habits and potential pitfalls. In a country with such a long tradition of corruption, one need not be a fortune-teller to predict that soon the black market will be flooded with such language diplomas. Synonyms glut, swamp, saturate, oversupply, overfill, overload, overwhelm 3no object (of a woman) experience a uterine haemorrhage. Phrases be in (full) flood 1(of a river) be overflowing its banks. Example sentencesExamples Sadly, because it is such an unusual occurrence, people take their lives into their hands by attempting to cross swollen rivers, which, when they are in flood, results in loss of life and property. Covering a river coming down in flood, you find yourself in a position to make a decision of possibly historical importance. When he wishes to replace a footbridge, swept away by the river in flood, he gives instructions for it to be built of larch, because it is cheap and quick. The search was launched but it became immediately apparent that conditions were very dangerous as the river was in flood and the water visibility was down to just six inches. These have been days of rain, and now the river in flood carries its familiar load of dissolved earth, plastic trash, whole trees. But the river was in flood and police underwater search teams could not go into the water. The river is in flood at present with water discoloured but this appears to have had no detrimental effect on catches. The river begins expanding in early March and continues in flood until late June. When the river is in flood seepage is occurring at several locations. The decision to call off the event was made in the interest of safety as the river Mahon was in flood and would have constituted an unacceptable risk. The agency's regional flood defence committee backed the scheme to provide a dedicated outfall from the Riccall Ings washlands which can hold nearly two billion gallons of water when the river is in flood. The reason for this was that these were only licences to capture water when the river was in flood, so naturally licence holders would need to spend quite a bit of money on a dam to hold their water. The giant pumps are part of a multi-million pound flood relief scheme which is designed to divert the River Tutt out of Boroughbridge when the River Ure is in flood. Both dogs went to the river, which was in flood at the time. Getting supplies to the farm depended on the rivers not being in flood. After their arguments, tears would burst like rivers in flood and lamentations rose like smoke from the house. The Environment Agency has agreed to remove material from the Skell after members of the public raised concerns over the quantity brought down when it and the River Laver were in flood. In the 12 th century Queen Matilda came riding from London to Barking Forest for a spot of hunting only to get a soaking because the river was in flood, and so she ordered a bridge to be built instead. Following a site meeting on Wednesday, officers asked for electronic modelling work to predict how the wheel may affect the flow of the river when it is in flood and the park is under water. The Zambezi River has been in flood for the last three months following heavy rains in Zambia and Angola. Synonyms swollen, congested 1.1Be progressing or talking vigorously or enthusiastically. discussion was already in full flood and refused to be dammed she was in full flood about the glories of bicycling Example sentencesExamples At which point certain members of the audience could restrain themselves no longer and began to heckle and then question these assertions whilst he was in full flood. He was in full flood when the chairman of the committee stopped him with the words, "You are not a member of this committee, John. You are not entitled to speak!" Origin Old English flōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloed and German Flut, also to flow. Rhymes blood, bud, crud, cud, dud, Judd, mud, rudd, scud, spud, stud, sudd, thud noun.1 phr. Definition of flood in US English: flood nounflədfləd 1An overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land. as modifier a flood barrier in a thousand miles the flood destroyed every bridge people uprooted by drought or flood Example sentencesExamples He said people in the area were very hard working but they were being frustrated by natural calamities such as drought and floods which were destroying the crops before they matured. Here droughts, floods and locusts destroy crops and rinderpest kills cattle. Water logging and floods are invariably the fallout during rains. ‘We don't know whether the bridge can cope with that amount of water during a flood and it could eventually collapse,’ he said. Residents in Chapel Street and The Sands were evacuated to the town's Public Hall as the water level rose to just two inches below the flood protection barriers. You need to know how to cut off your water supply in a flood. The bridge was destroyed by floods in 1723 and a new one built in 1775. Firefighters, police, council workers and Thames Water joined forces to fight back the flood and limit the damage. Areas on the map are given low, moderate or significant risk ratings according to their location, the predicted water levels and the flood defences in place. They bear the cost of droughts, floods, and trade barriers into Europe. When Cawood faced severe flooding in 2000, club members pumped away water seeping through the flood defences for three days. The agency has launched an online advice service for small to medium-sized businesses to limit the flood threat. The receding of the water from the dry land after the flood sounds like the second and third days of Creation. Dissatisfied with these giants, Virococha caused a great flood, whose waters still remain in Titicaca. The main cause of flooding in the city centre is the use of flood barriers beyond the city centre. We just couldn't see a thing and all the time there was water coming like a flood behind us, and smoke and fires. Once you break the rim of the bowl and the water pours in, it's not like an ordinary flood, where the water comes and it goes. These initial releases were not successful, because all the plots were destroyed by herbicides, floods, or droughts. These include running off large volumes of silt-laden water during the flood season, from May to September. With flood irrigation, the water table near the creek is raised, that is, the amount of water in the soil is increased. Synonyms inundation, swamping, deluge 1.1the Flood The biblical flood brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of the human race (Gen. 6 ff.). Example sentencesExamples The Walk the Plank theatre company will be staging a family show based upon the Biblical tale and the great flood. Dinosaurs were too big to go on the Ark, so they got buried in the mud of the Flood. It may surprise uninformed evolutionists, but rapid diversification is an implicit prediction of the biblical Creation / Fall / Flood / Migration model. There was the Flood, for example, in Noah's time. So what did Christ teach about Creation and Noah's Flood? While Star Trek's ‘Methuselah’ reforms, the Biblical Methuselah was done away with in the Flood. The Creation / Flood scenario for fossilization would allow many centuries for such permineralization to occur, even under less than ideal conditions. In fact, various Indian tribes around the world, the Australian aborigines, and other cultures have legends handed down from their ancestors that sound like the creation / Flood accounts in Genesis. When asked about the Flood and Noah's Ark, he said that that was a myth. The Flood may have stacked the rock like a giant layer cake, but what cut the cake? Many geological problems remain unsolved in the Creation / Flood model of earth history. However, a finite radiocarbon ‘age’ for this fossil wood is neither inconsistent nor unexpected within a Creation / Flood framework of Earth history. This changed only at the Flood, where God told Noah. In the Creation / Fall / Flood / Dispersion model of earth history, some very substantial changes have happened in what, to evolutionists, is an ultra-short time. Conversely, the era of most distant Godliness was the epoch of Noah's Flood. In fact, we point out that it is an important part of the Biblical Creation / Flood model. Mount Everest and the Himalayan mountain chain did not exist at the time of Noah's Flood. 1.2 The inflow of the tide. Example sentencesExamples It had to be constantly compensated for, and dealt with, in the sense of gauging the force of Current and considering the ebb or flood of Tide. Additional samples were collected near Nauset Inlet on flood and ebb tides and during the day and night at Nauset Harbor and Town Cove stations. In a salt-wedge estuary, the river water, because of its lower density, rides over a wedge of salt water which moves short distances up and down the estuary in response to the weak flood and ebb of the tide. Yarmouth North Beach is an ebb tide mark, Caister produces fish on both flood and ebb tides, but any beach will give cod in the right conditions. Caused by a tall underwater pinnacle, the effect is most evident when a strong westerly wind catches a flood or ebb tide. With little tide run after first flood, bites signal on the rod tip as several nods, often confusing you into thinking it might be a huss. A lifelong fan - he queued in a sleeping bag to see Leeds in the 1965 Cup Final - Ridsdale could sense one of those tides which, taken at the flood, lead on to fortune. Synonyms inflow, inrush, inundation 1.3literary A river, stream, or sea. 2An outpouring of tears or emotion. Rose burst into such a flood of tears and sobs as I had never seen Example sentencesExamples My wife was in absolute floods of tears when she saw the plot. When I had finished talking, I realised I was in floods of tears. It is 9.30 am and the birthday girl is in floods of tears. The teenager whose courageous three year battle against cancer has featured in the Evening Advertiser was distraught by the incident, and went home in floods of tears. This was so poignant and moving, and superbly executed by Urmana and Furlanetto, plus Mr Pappano and his amazing band, that I was in floods of tears. And when Percy came to the apartment at 10: 00 in the morning to work with me on his computer, I was in floods of tears. Members of the choir fled practice in floods of tears. But outside, despite the floods of tears by both pupils and parents, they said they refused to give up the fight and that they would be looking at all the options available to them to save the school. The other was a vision of a grown up man in floods of tears because, just having bought a brand new Pentax camera tax free, he had started to photograph one of the apes, which promptly grabbed the camera and tossed it down the cliff! The other great shadow over our lives was the threat of nuclear war, something that for me could easily produce floods of tears whenever a school play demanded weeping. I was in floods of tears, screaming and smashing things up. When was the last time a book had you in floods of tears? She stood, in floods of tears, as her rivals swept past. One day I found myself driving home in floods of tears. I remember watching ‘Born Free’ with my mum when I was a nipper and being in absolute floods of tears. Liam and I were in floods of tears because I just didn't know what to do. As he left the ground, McBride was in floods of tears. She had made the trip from Glasgow, where she lives, to her home town of Greenock countless times, but on this occasion the trip had her screaming with shock and bursting into floods of tears. If they don't get their act together in the next couple of weeks it's going to end in floods of tears. ‘If he just started talking, I would be in floods of tears because it was so wonderful’, Mrs West said. Synonyms outpouring, torrent, rush, stream, gush, surge, cascade, flow 2.1 A very large quantity of people or things that appear or need to be dealt with. a constant flood of callers Example sentencesExamples Jamie's concerned question caught her off-guard and unleashed a flood of emotions. A flood of books about the man and his battles has appeared and the nostalgia has even given rise to a range of jewellery inspired by the gifts that Hamilton and Nelson gave each other. In the village, as he meets his sisters and others among whom he grew up, a flood of memories overwhelms him, and he abruptly changes his mind about selling the property. It's easy to get overwhelmed by the flood of problems you encounter when you first go into business. A flood of sweetness overwhelmed her senses, making Shirley dizzy with pleasure. There doesn't appear to be a major drop-off of talent despite the flood of newcomers. Accurate or not, the flood of bad news appears to be reaching some kind of crescendo. Particularly from the 1960s a flood of studies of all kinds appeared. They believe that this report will embarrass the powers-that-be into triggering a flood of funds to tackle the ravages of heroin. Spectators may be overwhelmed by the flood of words as well as the clash of absurdity and reality without having a chance to give it a moment's thought. The first thing that needs to happen to create a flood of referrals into your personal training department is that you need to earn them. This stream became a flood in the mid 1800's when 17,000 people entered Canada through this port during a three year period. Pretty soon the outflow of dollars became a river, then a flood. Another overlooked source of capital outflow comes from the flood of tourists visiting Hong Kong and other favourite destinations such as Bangkok and Singapore. This was a new and unfamiliar situation, leading me on to wonder whether I was entitled to a flood of credits from other artists for not appearing on their albums either. He flushed with embarrassment at the flood of fragments of the memories of that time. In fact the BBC main news said next to nothing about such casualties until a flood of complaints from our readers appeared to contribute to a short-lived change in reporting. She could see the majestic house appear over the horizon, and a flood of hope soaked her spirit. Soon, the flood of refuges overwhelms the establishment, and all of the foreigners flee the war-torn nation. Fox has now released a DVD version as part of the flood of war-related films that are appearing this May and June. Synonyms succession, series, string, chain 3 short for floodlight Example sentencesExamples His eyes adjusted to the lack of light automatically, and he was able to see details as if they were under the light of a flood lamp. The whitewashed walls glowed eerily in the light refracted from the flood lamps through the rain. verbflədfləd 1with object Cover or submerge (a place or area) with water. the dam burst, flooding a small town watching her father flood their backyard skating rink Example sentencesExamples Cellars of most apartments in the low-lying area were flooded, with cars and two-wheelers submerged in water. The engine room is flooded and will have to be pumped dry, as will a ballast tank in the bow of the vessel. As the tide flooded the surrounding area, the water swamped his boat. Water cooling is not provided internally and therefore the weld area is flooded with cooling water to keep the electrode wheels cool. In contrast, conventional hydropower technologies often rely on the construction of tall dams that flood the area behind them. Many houses in this area were flooded in the 1982 disaster. Also the streets in the downtown Monterey area are flooded. Residents told the mayor and city officers that the problem began four years ago when a water pipe burst and began flooding the area. During the incident water flooded an area that is beside the huge batteries that power the diesel-electric submarine. More than 80 buildings in the Plovdiv area were flooded. This is an open invitation to flooding once the monsoon arrives and if the Tawi does overflow it will be a disaster. As a result, more than 1,600 properties across the region were flooded, as rivers such as the Ouse and Derwent reached record levels and burst their banks. Cold water flooded the area, and Mira found herself panicking a little. Blood spilled from out of their wounds and the mesmerizing water regained its former position and flooded the area where Lilac and Daikon rested. What will happen next year when the water will flood Anjanvara's fertile fields? Homes along that area were also flooded, so I just wrapped up a story. The rain also put normal life out of gear as a number of residential areas were flooded and the main road in the town remained under water. The hurricane caused a surge of water that flooded large areas of the historic city center. Rashid said flooding the area with water was not the only goal of his ministry. Water flooded a state park and then rushed back into the black river. Synonyms inundate, swamp, deluge, immerse, submerge, drown, engulf 1.1no object Become covered or submerged with water. part of the vessel flooded figurative Sarah's eyes flooded with tears Example sentencesExamples I think the flood problems in Jakarta are almost impossible to solve, because the city floods every year, without fail. The holds and engine room flooded, she was abandoned and later caught fire, at some stage breaking in two. The tears began filling and flooding her eyes with salt water. As she fired, two bombs struck her, one causing the engine room to flood, and the second crashed into the galley setting it ablaze. The vessel's engine room began to flood at around 7.30 in the morning but the pumps could not keep pace with the incoming water. Elected officials also had to clear up deliberately blocked toilets as the floors flooded with urine. Some roadways were flooding, and detours were set up. 1.2usually be flooded out Drive someone out of their home or business with a flood. most of the families who have been flooded out will receive compensation Example sentencesExamples Small animals like rats and snakes that have been flooded out of their homes may seek shelter in yours. A few days after Conrad left, Louis and his people were flooded out by a storm, their tents and baggage and even some people washed away by a flooding stream. Householders in the Cameron Grove, Butcher Terrace and Terry Street area were flooded out in the November disaster. Anyone who has been flooded out of their home is anxious to get back to ordinary life as soon as possible. 1.3 (of a river or sea) become swollen and overflow (its banks) the river flooded its banks no object the river will flood if it gets much worse Example sentencesExamples When the river floods, it moves into the inundated rainforest. Water poured down from the mountain, feeding the gasping river, which promptly flooded its banks. That wooden bridge, it would lead a pathway across a river that would flood every year at spring and become a frozen corridor of still ice when the cold came around. The River Ivel was severely flooded over the weekend putting homes in Blunham, Sandy and Shefford at risk and the A1 was closed. Divers and search and rescue dogs are on high alert following warnings of rivers and streams flooding as the snow starts to melt. It sank near Shatnal where the Meghna meets its tributaries and often floods its banks. Many Poles recalled the devastating floods of 1997 when torrential rain then caused the river Oder to flood its banks. In Pennsylvania heavy rains caused rivers and streams to flood their banks. Synonyms overflow, burst its banks, brim over, run over 1.4 Overfill the carburetor of (an engine) with fuel, causing the engine to fail to start. Example sentencesExamples The idea is to maintain a full tank, not flood the engine. The biggest danger when entering the water is to create a bow wave that could flood the engine. The fed went from deflation, sort of stalling the engine to flooding the engine. I throw the car into drive and flood the engine with my right foot. Is this an acceleration effect, like flooding the engine with petrol before starting a journey, or is it an unsustainable curve? Trouble can start if you go too fast as the bow wave you create could flood the engine. I thought that I must have flooded something and that all would be well when the engine dried out. Do this before hooking up the fuel system to avoid flooding the engine with fuel. An official report shows a plane crash was most likely caused by an engine being flooded with fuel. He tried to start several more times but eventually he could smell the faint smell of gasoline meaning that he had flooded the engine. 2no object, with adverbial of direction Arrive in overwhelming amounts or quantities. sunlight flooded in at the windows congratulatory messages flooded in his old fears came flooding back Example sentencesExamples Fear flooded through her and she tried running faster. Several of them inquire if they might purchase the program and thoughts of a yacht and early retirement flood through the owner's head. But then she felt something change, and fear flooded through her system. His key function, however, is to maintain a mood and to keep the messages flooding in. Unprecedented amounts of donations are flooding into the various aid agencies and everyone is more than willing to lend financial support to the relief effort. However, then it became apparent that the annoying woman had got hold of his private e-mail address when the messages came flooding in. The get-well-soon messages have been flooding in, and the Nottingham Evening Post set up a tribute board on its online format. She came in from the kitchen and my body flooded with relief. More than 3,000 fax messages flooded into the studio in one day, and kept coming well into the early morning hours. He spoke in hushed tones, and his eyes flooded with worry. There was a full moon tonight and a moderate amount of moonlight flooded through the window. Just one small word, and the familiar fears flood back in. I heard her screams and then all her pain and fear came flooding in to me. No sooner than he had said this, he felt a sudden surge of energy flood through him. He sat on the bed feeling his body slowly flooding with fear. Unsolicited electronic messages flood into everybody's in-boxes every day. He might have noticed the way my cheeks flooded with scarlet, or how I seemed to be more reclusive than ever, but he didn't comment on it. He paused for a moment, his memories now flooding back into his mind. With vast amounts of money flooding into the country, interest rates quickly began to converge with those in Germany even before the launch of the euro. Meanwhile the messages of disbelief are flooding in. Synonyms pour, stream, surge, swarm, pile, crowd, throng 2.1with object Completely fill or suffuse. she flooded the room with light Example sentencesExamples Blade blinked her eyes open groggily, wincing at the bright sunlight that flooded her face. A woosh of dread floods my stomach, spilling into my chest. Bristling from the early morning sunlight that floods the hallway, Lauren lowers her shades to her eyes and moves towards Mindy's room. A light flooded the area, making her squint at its source. Windows across the top of the front room flood the place with light, and the open space and asymmetrical shape of the front room offer good sightlines for his DIY-chic décor. Lightning marvelled at the sight, for he could imagine that the room would have been flooded with sunlight in ancient times. I lied down between the gaping doorways and watched the openness of the world pass by, napping in the sunlight that flooded our car. Resting him down on one of the chairs Ezra let the sunlight flood his entire body and he slowly became one with it. The room seemed to darken perceptibly even though bright sunlight flooded its every corner. His eyelids slowly fluttered open, the deep blue eyes squinting at the bright sunlight that flooded his eyes and the room he occupied. Sunlight streamed in, flooding her room with a golden glow. Thomas slid in right after the rays of sunlight flooded the yard with a soft glow. Awareness floods her, filling her with a plethora of emotions. An intrusive coldness suffused my arteries, flooded my veins, scalloped my core in ice. Despite the outside cold, sunlight flooded the interior and the heat became trapped. Sunlight flooded the previously dingy room, illuminating the slightly discolored spots on the carpet and the ugly brown wallpaper. Underground personnel had finally managed to get the blast doors to open, and flooded the room like water pouring into a bucket. Her eyes snapped open, causing the sunlight to flood her senses, moments later she was still recovering. Sunlight floods the spacious but sparingly furnished living room. He awed at the power flooding his senses, filling him with unsurpassed might. 2.2with object Overwhelm or swamp with large amounts or quantities. our switchboard was flooded with calls Example sentencesExamples There were people already gathered and there would be soon even more crowds that would flood the street. It is more sophisticated than flooding an area with police officers because you have got to be in the right place at the right time. Police have flooded a city area with leaflets appealing for information after four men were shot - and one of them died - in the space of three weeks. Investors are worried that if the issuer were to choose the share option, the market could be flooded with shares, making it difficult to convert them to cash. When it comes to fat-loss supplements, the market has been flooded with gimmick after gimmick. The company floods each country with engineers, who spend months studying consumer habits and potential pitfalls. Most of the crowd had flooded the exits now, with only a handful of amazed onlookers diving for cover under the dugouts. In a country with such a long tradition of corruption, one need not be a fortune-teller to predict that soon the black market will be flooded with such language diplomas. The new car market is flooded with foreign budget brands, with more models scheduled for release in the UK this year alone than ever before. With the prices of handsets getting slashed week after week, the market is flooded with a wide range of latest models to choose from, depending on one's personal need. By the morning, police had flooded the sleepy area. But when they reopened, the market was flooded with farmers trying to sell their animals as quickly as possible to avoid disease. Burns wants the emphasis switched from treating to preventing disease and is encouraging radical plans to flood deprived areas with specialist health workers. In the latest phase on the crackdown of pirate goods flooding the area, trading standards officers seized £91,000 worth of fake DVDs. The crowds cheered and flooded the basement, only to realize that no staircase led to the next floor. The depression that followed the conclusion of war wiped out some manufacturers when British goods again flooded the market. Adults with rattling coughs, fevers and aches flooded their makeshift exam room. Or what about if the market is suddenly flooded with cheap lighters - the price then drops to an all time low of 6 for £1. The changing rooms have been flooded by the juniors, and now demonstrate sedimentation patterns wonderfully. For when yields rise, the market is flooded with grain, and its price collapses. Synonyms glut, swamp, saturate, oversupply, overfill, overload, overwhelm Phrases be in (full) flood 1(of a river) be swollen and overflowing its banks. Example sentencesExamples Getting supplies to the farm depended on the rivers not being in flood. The reason for this was that these were only licences to capture water when the river was in flood, so naturally licence holders would need to spend quite a bit of money on a dam to hold their water. These have been days of rain, and now the river in flood carries its familiar load of dissolved earth, plastic trash, whole trees. In the 12 th century Queen Matilda came riding from London to Barking Forest for a spot of hunting only to get a soaking because the river was in flood, and so she ordered a bridge to be built instead. The river is in flood at present with water discoloured but this appears to have had no detrimental effect on catches. But the river was in flood and police underwater search teams could not go into the water. When the river is in flood seepage is occurring at several locations. After their arguments, tears would burst like rivers in flood and lamentations rose like smoke from the house. The search was launched but it became immediately apparent that conditions were very dangerous as the river was in flood and the water visibility was down to just six inches. The agency's regional flood defence committee backed the scheme to provide a dedicated outfall from the Riccall Ings washlands which can hold nearly two billion gallons of water when the river is in flood. The Zambezi River has been in flood for the last three months following heavy rains in Zambia and Angola. The decision to call off the event was made in the interest of safety as the river Mahon was in flood and would have constituted an unacceptable risk. Both dogs went to the river, which was in flood at the time. Following a site meeting on Wednesday, officers asked for electronic modelling work to predict how the wheel may affect the flow of the river when it is in flood and the park is under water. The river begins expanding in early March and continues in flood until late June. Sadly, because it is such an unusual occurrence, people take their lives into their hands by attempting to cross swollen rivers, which, when they are in flood, results in loss of life and property. The Environment Agency has agreed to remove material from the Skell after members of the public raised concerns over the quantity brought down when it and the River Laver were in flood. The giant pumps are part of a multi-million pound flood relief scheme which is designed to divert the River Tutt out of Boroughbridge when the River Ure is in flood. When he wishes to replace a footbridge, swept away by the river in flood, he gives instructions for it to be built of larch, because it is cheap and quick. Covering a river coming down in flood, you find yourself in a position to make a decision of possibly historical importance. Synonyms swollen, congested 1.1Be progressing or talking vigorously or enthusiastically. discussion was already in full flood and refused to be dammed Example sentencesExamples He was in full flood when the chairman of the committee stopped him with the words, "You are not a member of this committee, John. You are not entitled to speak!" At which point certain members of the audience could restrain themselves no longer and began to heckle and then question these assertions whilst he was in full flood. Origin Old English flōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloed and German Flut, also to flow. noun.1 phr.
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