flood
flood Lexical Profile
flood Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land.
"The town constructed higher levees to protect residential neighborhoods from the annual spring flood."
An overwhelming quantity or continuous stream of things occurring or arriving at once.
"The customer service department received a flood of complaints after the software update caused system crashes."
• verb
To cover or submerge a normally dry area with a large amount of water.
"Heavy rains threatened to flood the agricultural valleys before the harvest could be completed."
To arrive or fill an area in overwhelming amounts or quantities.
"Excited fans began to flood the arena hours before the championship game was scheduled to start."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'flōd', of Germanic origin. It is related to Dutch 'vloed' and German 'Flut', descending from an Indo-European root meaning 'to flow'.
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