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flood [flʌd]1. noun• "flood" (notice on road) ≈ « attention route inondée »• a flood of letters/protests un déluge de lettres/de protestations[river] déborder4. compounds[memories, worries] resurgir* * *[flʌd] 1.1) lit inondation f‘flood!’ — ( on roadsign) ‘attention, route inondée!’
2) fig2.a flood of — un flot de [people, light, memories]; un déluge de [letters, complaints]
transitive verb1) lit inonder [area]; faire déborder [river]2) fig [light, mail] inonder4) Automobile noyer [engine]3.1) [meadow, street, cellar] être inondé; [river] déborder‘road liable to flooding’ — ‘chaussée inondable’
2) figto flood into something — [light] inonder quelque chose; [people] envahir quelque chose
to flood over somebody — [emotion] envahir quelqu'un
•Phrasal Verbs:- flood in
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