flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion (noun)

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

"plains fertilized by annual inundations"

flood, inundation, deluge, torrent (noun)

an overwhelming number or amount

"a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"

flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood (noun)

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

flood, overflow, outpouring (noun)

a large flow

flood, flowage (noun)

the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

flood tide, flood, rising tide (verb)

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

deluge, flood, inundate, swamp (verb)

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

"the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

flood (verb)

cover with liquid, usually water

"The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"

flood, oversupply, glut (verb)

supply with an excess of

"flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"

flood (verb)

become filled to overflowing

"Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"

flood (Noun)

A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.

flood (Noun)

A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.

flood (Noun)

A floodlight

flood (Verb)

To overflow.

flood (Verb)

To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.

flood (Verb)

To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than cannot easily be dealt with.

flood (Verb)

To paste numerous lines of text to a chat system in order to disrupt the conversation.

Flood (ProperNoun)

The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament.

Flood

A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land which is normally dry. The European Union Floods Directive defines a flood as a covering by water of land not normally covered by water. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Flooding may occur as an overflow of water from water bodies, such as a river or lake, in which the water overtops or breaks levees, resulting in some of that water escaping its usual boundaries, or it may occur due to an accumulation of rainwater on saturated ground in an areal flood. While the size of a lake or other body of water will vary with seasonal changes in precipitation and snow melt, these changes in size are unlikely to be considered significant unless they flood property or drown domestic animals. Floods can also occur in rivers when the flow rate exceeds the capacity of the river channel, particularly at bends or meanders in the waterway. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are in the natural flood plains of rivers. While riverine flood damage can be eliminated by moving away from rivers and other bodies of water, people have traditionally lived and worked by rivers because the land is usually flat and fertile and because rivers provide easy travel and access to commerce and industry.

Flood

A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrology and are of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health. Human changes to the environment often increase the intensity and frequency of flooding, for example land use changes such as deforestation and removal of wetlands, changes in waterway course or flood controls such as with levees, and larger environmental issues such as climate change and sea level rise. In particular climate change's increased rainfall and extreme weather events increases the severity of other causes for flooding, resulting in more intense floods and increased flood risk.Flooding may occur as an overflow of water from water bodies, such as a river, lake, or ocean, in which the water overtops or breaks levees, resulting in some of that water escaping its usual boundaries, or it may occur due to an accumulation of rainwater on saturated ground in an areal flood. While the size of a lake or other body of water will vary with seasonal changes in precipitation and snow melt, these changes in size are unlikely to be considered significant unless they flood property or drown domestic animals. Floods can also occur in rivers when the flow rate exceeds the capacity of the river channel, particularly at bends or meanders in the waterway. Floods often cause damage to homes and businesses if they are in the natural flood plains of rivers. While riverine flood damage can be eliminated by moving away from rivers and other bodies of water, people have traditionally lived and worked by rivers because the land is usually flat and fertile and because rivers provide easy travel and access to commerce and industry. Flooding can lead to secondary consequences in addition to damage to property, such as long-term displacement of residents and creating increased spread of waterborne diseases and vector-bourne disesases transmitted by mosquitos.