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1 ♦ flood
♦ flood /flʌd/n.1 [cu] alluvione; inondazione; allagamento5 (poet.) corso d'acqua; fiume; torrente; mare6 (fig.) diluvio; profluvio; profusione; fiume; mare; marea; valanga: in floods of tears, in un mare di lacrime; che piange a dirotto; a flood of invitations, un profluvio d'inviti; a flood of protests, una valanga di proteste; a flood of refugees, un fiume di profughi● flood bed, alveo di piena ( di un fiume) □ flood control, difesa fluviale; sistemazione di un bacino fluviale □ (fam.) flood lamp ► floodlight, def. 2 □ flood level, livello di piena □ flood plain, pianura soggetta a esondazioni periodiche; terreno golenale; golena □ (scherz.) from before the Flood, antidiluviano □ (fig.) to be in full flood, essere in pieno svolgimento; essere lanciato (fam.).(to) flood /flʌd/A v. t.2 (fig.) inondare; pervadere, sommergere: to flood the market with st., inondare il mercato di qc.; The hall was flooded with light, la sala era inondata di luce; to be flooded with complaints [greetings], essere sommerso da lamentele [saluti]; to be flooded with letters, essere inondato di posta; ricevere una valanga di lettere3 irrigare5 ► to floodlightB v. i.3 essere inondato; essere allagato; allagarsi: The area is liable to flood, la zona va soggetta ad allagamenti4 ► to flood in.
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flood lamp — flood′ lamp n. elm a floodlight • Etymology: 1915–20 … From formal English to slang
flood lamp — noun light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography • Syn: ↑flood, ↑floodlight, ↑photoflood • Derivationally related forms: ↑floodlight (for: ↑floodlight) … Useful english dictionary
flood lamp — a floodlight. [1915 20] * * * … Universalium
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