flood
An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
Other meanings
A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
“a flood of complaints”
The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
Related words
- sheet flood
- antiflood
- floodage
- floodful
- floodless
- floodlet
- floodlike
- flood basalt
- floodproof
- floody
- floodboard
- floodgate
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "flōd".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “flood” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.