/flʌd/
OriginFrom 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).
- An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
“a covenant never to destroy the earth again by flood”
“Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of ”
“Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads,”
- figurativelyA large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
“a flood of complaints”
“Deregulation of financial markets laid the groundwork for the subprime crisis in the United States, while a badly designed euro contributed to the debt crisis in Greece, and the Schengen system of ope”
- The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
“There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.”
“It was ebb tide when she touched, and it was supposed that when the flood made she would float off again.”
“The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for us was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide.”
- A floodlight.
- Menstrual discharge; menses.
- obsoleteWater as opposed to land.
“Who beheld from the safe shore their floating carcasses and broken chariot-wheels. So thick bestrown, abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, under amazement of their hideous change.”
- 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.
“The floor was flooded with beer.”
“They flooded the room with sewage.”
- figurativelyTo provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
“The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.”
“Blackburn offered nothing going forward in the opening period and that continued after the break, encouraging City to flood forward.”
“The iconic Glenfinnan Viaduct was flooded with blue light to show support for the National Health Service staff treating Coronavirus patients.”
- Internet, ambitransitiveTo paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
“There's also a spam filter in the code now, so if someone attempts to flood people's screens with macros or a bot, everything after the first few lines is thrown away.”
- To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
- The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.
“The result of the Dispensation of Conscience was that “all flesh had corrupted his way on the earth;” that “the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of ”
- A surname.
Formsfloods(plural) · floud(alternative, obsolete) · floods(present, singular, third-person) · flooding(participle, present) · flooded(participle, past) · flooded(past) · the Flood(canonical) · Floods(plural) · Flud(alternative)