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/flˈədəd/ /flˈədɪd/ Listen

verb

Flood v. t. (past & past part. flooded; pres. part. flooding)

To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.

To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as, to flood a country with a depreciated currency.

adjective

flooded adj.

Covered or overflowing with water.

Synonyms: afloat(predicate), awash(predicate).

Filled to overflowing as if with water; as, a desk flooded with applications.

Synonyms: inundated, swamped.

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Etymology of 'Flooded'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Flooded" Quotes from Famous Books

... felt herself being drawn to the sign and seal of their plighting for life. She said, 'Matthew,' softly in protest; and he said, 'Never once yet!' She was owing to his tenderness. Her deepened voice murmured: 'Is this to deliberate?' Colour flooded the beautiful dark face, as of the funeral hues of a sun suffusing all the ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... the bridge in safety; more than that, had actually explored three miles on the further side: did not believe there was a Boer this side of the Tugela: would like to push on to Potgieter's and make certain: 'Perhaps we can seize Potgieter's to-night. They don't like having a flooded river behind them.' So we come safely to Springfield—three houses, a long wooden bridge 'erected by public subscription, at a cost of 4,300l.'—half a dozen farms with their tin roofs and tree clumps seen in the neighbourhood—and no Boers. Orders were to seize ...

— London to Ladysmith via Pretoria • Winston Spencer Churchill

... torrent descends from the great hole. Green gauzes rise from the floor; the torches hiss out. The temple is flooded. The water from under the doors rises up the steps, the torches hiss out one by one. The water, finding its own level, just touches the end of the Queen's skirt and stops. She withdraws the skirt with catlike haste ...

— Plays of Gods and Men • Lord Dunsany

... to be in some part of the Solimoes, flooded beyond its banks, as he had seen it in more places than one. With this confidence, he stuck faithfully to his steering oar, and allowed the galatea to glide on. It was only when the reach of water—upon which the craft was drifting—began to narrow, or rather after it had narrowed to ...

— Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 - An Illustrated Magazine • Various

... such a contrast to the scene within that Master Swift burst into tears. But even as he wept the sun leaped to the horizon, and, reflected from every dewdrop, and from the very tears upon the old man's cheeks, flooded the world about him with ...

— Jan of the Windmill • Juliana Horatia Ewing

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