Definition of flood

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

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Floodage :: Floodage (n.) Inundation.
Freshet :: Freshet (a.) A flood or overflowing of a stream caused by heavy rains or melted snow; a sudden inundation.
Briny :: Briny (a.) Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood..
Hatch :: Hatch (n.) A flood gate; a a sluice gate.
Diluvial :: Diluvial (a.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified deposits along ancient or existing water courses. Similar unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice. The time of deposition has been called the Diluvian epoch.
Landflood :: Landflood (n.) An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.
Inundate :: Inundate (v. t.) To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town..
Antediluvial :: Antediluvial (a.) Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time..
Flood :: Flood (v. t.) To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as, to flood a country with a depreciated currency..
Billow :: Billow (n.) A great wave or flood of anything.
Alternate :: Alternate (v. i.) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; -- followed by with; as, the flood and ebb tides alternate with each other..
Effulgence :: Effulgence (n.) The state of being effulgent; extreme brilliancy; a flood of light; great luster or brightness; splendor.
Waterflood :: Waterflood (n.) A flood of water; an inundation.
Diluviate :: Diluviate (v. i.) To run as a flood.
Flood :: Flood (v. t.) To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley..
Ebb :: Ebb (n.) The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb..
Spate :: Spate (n.) A river flood; an overflow or inundation.
Cataclysm :: Cataclysm (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
Flooding :: Flooding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Floo.
Broad :: Broad (n.) The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.
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