FLOOD
Scrabble letter values: F4L1O1O1D2 = 9
Definition
- verb fill quickly beyond capacity. — synonyms: deluge, inundate, swamp
- verb cover with liquid, usually water.
- verb supply with an excess of. — synonyms: oversupply, glut
- verb become filled to overflowing.
- noun the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land. — synonyms: inundation, deluge, alluvion
- noun an overwhelming number or amount. — synonyms: inundation, deluge, torrent
- noun light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam. — synonyms: floodlight, flood_lamp, photoflood
- noun a large flow. — synonyms: overflow, outpouring
- noun the act of flooding. — synonyms: flowage
- noun the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide). — synonyms: flood_tide, rising_tide
Examples
- “as with a liquid”
- “the basement was inundated after the storm”
- “The images flooded his mind”