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(noun) outpouring, overflow
a large flow
(noun) flowage
the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
(noun) photoflood, flood lamp, floodlight
light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
(noun) rising tide, flood tide
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
(noun) inundation, deluge, alluvion
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
plains fertilized by annual inundations
(noun) torrent, deluge, inundation
an overwhelming number or amount
a flood of requests; a torrent of abuse
(verb) swamp, inundate, deluge
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
the basement was inundated after the storm; The images flooded his mind
(verb) oversupply, glut
supply with an excess of
flood the market with tennis shoes; Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient