English Explanatory Dictionary

flood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. 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. Water as opposed to land.
verb
  1. To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
  2. To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
  3. To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
  4. To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
  5. To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
name
  1. The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

flŭd /flʌd/ En-us-flood.ogg flo͝od /flʊd/

Word forms

flood floods floud flooding flooded the Flood Flud

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).

Synonyms

overfill inundate swamp deluge spam

Antonyms

drain

Related words

deluge diversion inundation sheetwash torrent barrage dump gush hail heap inundate pour rain shower stream swamp

Derived words

100-year flood antiflood flash flood floodage flood basalt floodboard flood chute flood fill floodflow flood frosting floodful floodgate flood gate flood-gate flood geology floodgum flood-hit flood icing floodland floodless floodlet floodlike flood map floodmark flood meadow floodometer flood pants floodplain flood plain flood plain toadlet flood pool flood-prone floodprone floodproof flood stage flood test flood tide floodtime floodwall floodwater flood water floodway floody fore-flood glacial lake outburst flood inflood in floods Japanese flood fever landflood mana flood megaflood mud flood nonflood outburst flood photoflood postflood preflood rat flood send the flood sheet flood
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