1. (

• flood ,
• inundation ,
• deluge ,
• alluvion

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

2. (

• flood ,
• inundation ,
• deluge ,
• torrent

) an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" ;

3. (

• flood ,
• floodlight ,
• flood_lamp ,
• photoflood

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

4. (

• flood ,
• overflow ,
• outpouring

) a large flow ;

5. (

• flood ,
• flowage

) the act of flooding; filling to overflowing ;

6. (

• flood_tide ,
• flood ,
• rising_tide

) 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 ;

1. (

• deluge ,
• flood ,
• inundate ,
• swamp

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

2. (

• flood

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

3. (

• flood ,
• oversupply ,
• glut

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

4. (

• flood ,

) become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains" ;