Dictionary definition · flood
noun
- the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land"plains fertilized by annual inundations"
- an overwhelming number or amount"a flood of requests"
- light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- a large flow
- the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
- 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"
verb
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid"the basement was inundated after the storm"
- cover with liquid, usually water"The swollen river flooded the village"
- supply with an excess of"flood the market with tennis shoes"
- become filled to overflowing"Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).