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flood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deluge, inundation, torrent |
| Type of | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
a flood of requests.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | outpouring, overflow |
| Type of | flow, stream |
| Has types | effusion |
flood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flood lamp, floodlight, photoflood |
| Type of | light, light source |
flood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alluvion, deluge, inundation |
| Type of | geological phenomenon |
| Has types | noachian deluge, noah's flood, noah and the flood, flashflood, the flood, debacle, flash flood |
flood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flood tide, rising tide |
| Type of | tide |
a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
Examples of flood
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Even after eight months, Riley says the flood continues to wreck people's lives.
From the tennessean.com
It would be unusual for the first thought to be to jump into the arriving flood.
From the washingtontimes.com
Build it in a flood plain and you've got a good chance of having a wet basement.
From the dispatch.com
Howington said her friend had sensed the seriousness of the flood before it hit.
From the tennessean.com
If approved, the house will be purchased at pre-flood value and then demolished.
From the dailyherald.com
The flood of capital produced a series of missteps on land, sea, and in the air.
From the businessweek.com
When the economy turns, that flood of cash will lead to inflation, bears figure.
From the businessweek.com
The probability that a flood will occur in any one year is thus about 2 percent.
From the dailyherald.com
Often this is surface water run-off caused by homes being built on flood plains.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
- The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
- Deluge: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
- An overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
- Cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
- Light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- Supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
- A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. The EU Floods directive defines a flood as a temporary covering by water of land not normally covered by water. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. ...
- Flood is the work of hard science fiction by English author Stephen Baxter. It describes a near future world where deep submarine seismic activity leads to seabed fragmentation, and the opening of deep subterranean reservoirs of water. ...
- Flood is the third album by Japanese band Boris. Like the previous albums, it stays lengthy and massively slow, but in addition to sludge influences such as the Melvins and Sleep, there are undertones of psychedelic rock. ...
