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Flood

//flʌd// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.
"The result of the Dispensation of Conscience was that “all flesh had corrupted his way on the earth;” that “the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually ;” and God closed the second testing of the natural man with judgment—the Flood.[…] Out of the fearful judgment of the Flood God saved eight persons to whom, after the waters were assuaged, He gave the purified earth with ample power to govern it. This, Noah and his descendants were responsible to do."
2
A surname.

Noun

1
An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
"a covenant never to destroy the earth again by flood"
2
a large flow wordnet
3
A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with. figuratively
"a flood of complaints"
4
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing wordnet
5
The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
"There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune."

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6
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography wordnet
7
A floodlight.
8
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) wordnet
9
Menstrual discharge; menses.
10
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land wordnet
11
Water as opposed to land. obsolete
"Who beheld from the safe shore their floating carcasses and broken chariot-wheels. So thick bestrown, abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, under amazement of their hideous change."
12
an overwhelming number or amount wordnet

Verb

1
To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
"People flooded into the streets in protest."
2
cover with liquid, usually water wordnet
3
To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
"The floor was flooded with beer."
4
become filled to overflowing wordnet
5
To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with. figuratively
"The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints."

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6
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid wordnet
7
To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation. Internet, ambitransitive
"There's also a spam filter in the code now, so if someone attempts to flood people's screens with macros or a bot, everything after the first few lines is thrown away."
8
supply with an excess of wordnet
9
To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English flod, from Old English flōd, from Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from *plew- (“to flow”). Cognate with Scots flude, fluid, Saterland Frisian Floud, Dutch vloed, German Flut, Danish flod, Icelandic flóð, and Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus).

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