English Online Dictionary. What means flood? What does flood mean?
English
Alternative forms
- floud (obsolete)
Etymology
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).
Pronunciation
- enPR: flŭd, IPA(key): /flʌd/
- Rhymes: -ʌd
Noun
flood (plural floods)
- An overflow (usually disastrous) of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
- A floodlight.
- Menstrual discharge; menses.
- (obsolete) Water as opposed to land.
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Verb
flood (third-person singular simple present floods, present participle flooding, simple past and past participle flooded)
- To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
- People flooded into the streets in protest.
- The basement flooded with rainwater.
- To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
- (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
- (Internet, transitive, intransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
- To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
Synonyms
- (overflow): overfill
- (cover): inundate
- (provide with large number): inundate, swamp, deluge
- (overwhelm a chatroom or forum): spam
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “overflow”): drain
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Middle English
Noun
flood
- Alternative form of flod
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English flood.
Pronunciation
Noun
flood m (plural floods)
- (Brazil, Internet slang) a flood of superfluous text messages
Related terms
- floodar