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  • flood — flood1 [ flʌd ] verb ** ▸ 1 when water covers something ▸ 2 arrive in large numbers ▸ 3 when light fills place ▸ 4 about engine ▸ 5 suddenly start to cry ▸ 6 when face turns red ▸ 7 feel emotion strongly ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive if water… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • flood */*/ — I UK [flʌd] / US verb Word forms flood : present tense I/you/we/they flood he/she/it floods present participle flooding past tense flooded past participle flooded 1) [transitive] if water floods a place, it covers it Water burst through the dam… …   English dictionary

  • flood — flood1 S3 [flʌd] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(cover with water)¦ 2¦(river)¦ 3¦(go/arrive in large numbers)¦ 4 flood something with something 5 be flooded with something 6 flood the market 7¦(light)¦ 8¦(feeling)¦ 9¦(engine)¦ Phrasal …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • flood — [[t]flʌ̱d[/t]] ♦♦♦ floods, flooding, flooded 1) N VAR If there is a flood, a large amount of water covers an area which is usually dry, for example when a river flows over its banks or a pipe bursts. More than 70 people were killed in the floods …   English dictionary

  • flood — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 large amount of water ADJECTIVE ▪ catastrophic, devastating, great, severe ▪ flash ▪ spring, summer …   Collocations dictionary

  • Flood (2008 novel) — Flood is the work of hard science fiction author Stephen Baxter. It describes a near future world where deep submarine seismic activity leads to seabed fragmentation, and the opening of deep subterranean reservoirs of water, estimated to equal… …   Wikipedia

  • flood — 1 verb 1 COVER WITH WATER (I, T) to make a place become covered, or to become covered with water: Three days of heavy rain flooded many Eastern cities. | The basement flooded and everything got soaked. 2 GO/ARRIVE IN LARGE AMOUNTS/NUMBERS (I) to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • flood legends —    Some scholars and other observers find it remarkable that the peoples of the ancient Near East had several legends of a great and disastrous flood, all featuring similar events and characters. A notable myth and epic poem, the Atrahasis, for… …   Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

  • flood — 1. noun 1) a flood warning Syn: inundation, swamping, deluge, high water; torrent, overflow, flash flood, freshet, spate 2) a flood of tears Syn: outpouring, torrent, rush …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • flood — 1. noun 1) a severe flood Syn: inundation, deluge, torrent, overflow, flash flood; Brit. spate 2) a flood of tears Syn: gush, outpouring, torrent, rush, stream, surge …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 1997 Red River Flood in the United States — Infobox flood image location=Sorlie bridge 1997.jpg name=1997 Red River Flood duration=April 1997 total da total fatalities=0 areas affected=Fargo, North Dakota Greater Grand Forks Grand Forks, ND East Grand Forks, MN The Red River Flood of 1997… …   Wikipedia

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