flood

[[t]flʌd[/t]]

n.

1) a great flowing or overflowing of water, esp. over land not usu. submerged

2) any great outpouring or stream:

a flood of tears[/ex]

3) bib the Flood, a universal deluge mentioned in various ancient religions, esp. the deluge recorded in the Bible as having occurred in the time of Noah (Gen. 7)

4) oce the rise or flowing in of the tide

(opposed to ebb 1)).

5) a floodlight

6) archaic a large body of water

7) to cover with a flood; fill to overflowing

8) to cover or fill as if with a flood:

roads flooded with cars[/ex]

9) to overwhelm with an abundance of something:

to be flooded with mail[/ex]

10) aum to supply too much fuel to (the carburetor), so that the engine fails to start

11) to floodlight

12) to flow or pour in or as if in a flood

13) to rise in a flood; overflow

14) to become flooded

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME flod (n.), OE flōd; c. OFris, OS flōd, OHG fluot flood′a•ble, adj. flood′er, n.