flood

Meanings

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
• an overwhelming number or amount
  • "a flood of requests"
• light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
• a large flow
• the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
• the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); -Shakespeare
  • "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune"
• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
  • "The images flooded his mind"
• cover with liquid, usually water
  • "The swollen river flooded the village"
  • "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
• supply with an excess of
  • "flood the market with tennis shoes"
• become filled to overflowing
  • "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"

Synonyms

alluvion, deluge, flood lamp, flood tide, floodlight, flowage, glut, inundate, inundation, outpouring, overflow, oversupply, photoflood, rising tide, swamp, torrent