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flood

noun
  1. a large flow
    overflowoutpouring
  2. the act of flooding
    flowage
  3. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam
    floodlightflood lampphotoflood
  4. the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
    “a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune -Shakespeare”
    flood tiderising tide
  5. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
    alluvioninundationdeluge
  6. an overwhelming number or amount
    “a flood of requests”
    torrentinundationdeluge
verb
  1. cover with liquid, usually water
    “The swollen river flooded the village”
  2. become filled to overflowing
    “Our basement flooded during the heavy rains”
  3. fill quickly beyond capacity
    swampdelugeinundate
  4. supply with an excess of
    “flood the market with tennis shoes”
    glutoversupply