flood

Noun

• 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
    

• the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

• a large flow

• light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

• an overwhelming number or amount
  • a flood of requests
    
  • a torrent of abuse
    

• the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
  • plains fertilized by annual inundations
    

Verb

• become filled to overflowing
  • Our basement flooded during the heavy rains
    

• supply with an excess of
  • flood the market with tennis shoes
    
  • Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient
    

• cover with liquid, usually water
  • The swollen river flooded the village
    
  • The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes
    

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
  • the basement was inundated after the storm
    
  • The images flooded his mind
    

Related words

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