flood

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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)

1. An overflow (usually disastrous) of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
2. (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
3. The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
4. A floodlight.
5. Menstrual discharge; menses.
6. (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)

1. To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
2. To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.

   The floor was flooded with beer.

   They flooded the room with sewage.

3. (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
4. (Internet, transitive, intransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
5. To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.

Synonyms

• (overflow): overfill
• (cover): inundate
• (provide with large number): inundate, swamp, deluge

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "overflow"): drain

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• of old

Middle English

Noun

flood

1. Alternative form of flod

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English flood.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflɐd͡ʒ/

Noun

flood m (plural floods)

1. (Internet slang) a flood of superfluous text messages

Related terms

• floodar