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Meaning of flood

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  flood
      n 1: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto
           normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual
           inundations" [syn: {flood}, {inundation}, {deluge},
           {alluvion}]
      2: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a
         torrent of abuse" [syn: {flood}, {inundation}, {deluge},
         {torrent}]
      3: light that is a source of artificial illumination having a
         broad beam; used in photography [syn: {flood}, {floodlight},
         {flood lamp}, {photoflood}]
      4: a large flow [syn: {flood}, {overflow}, {outpouring}]
      5: the act of flooding; filling to overflowing [syn: {flood},
         {flowage}]
      6: 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 [syn:
         {flood tide}, {flood}, {rising tide}] [ant: {ebbtide}]
      v 1: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the
           basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images
           flooded his mind" [syn: {deluge}, {flood}, {inundate},
           {swamp}]
      2: cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded
         the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
      3: supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis
         shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
         [syn: {flood}, {oversupply}, {glut}]
      4: become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during
         the heavy rains"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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