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Definisjon av flood

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WordNet WordNet by Princeton University

Noun
flood - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
inundation, deluge, alluvion
geological phenomenon a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth
debacle a sudden and violent collapse
flash flood, flashflood a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
flood - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
inundation, deluge, torrent
muckle, mickle, quite a little, passel, slew, great deal, good deal, tidy sum, hatful, plenty, mountain, raft, spate, peck, batch, heap, wad, stack, flock, mess, mint, sight, lot, pile, mass, pot, deal as many or as much as a hat will hold
flood - the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
flowage
filling the act of filling something
flood - a large flow
overflow, outpouring
stream, flow dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas; "two streams of development run through American history"; "stream of consciousness"; "the flow of thought"; "the current of history"
flood - light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood
light source, light any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights"
photographic equipment equipment used by a photographer
flood - 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
flood tide, rising tide
tide the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

Verb
flood - cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
spread over, cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!"
flood out, deluge, overwhelm fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
flow cover or swamp with water
inundate, deluge, submerge fill or cover completely, usually with water
swamp, drench drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
flood - supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
oversupply, glut
furnish, supply, provide, render provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"
flood - become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
fill up, fill eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
flood - fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
deluge, inundate, swamp
make full, fill up, fill eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
flood in arrive in great numbers
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Substantiv
flood - A usually disastrous overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
flood - A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
flood - A floodlight.

Verb
flood - To overflow.
flood - To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
flood - To provide someone or something with a larger number or quantity of something than cannot easily be dealt with.
flood - To paste numerous lines of text to a chat system in order to disrupt the conversation.

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  • A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. The EU Floods directive defines a flood as a temporary covering by water of land not normally covered by water. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • flood
    An overflowing; an inundation or flood, especially when the water is charged with much suspended material.\n(Source: BJGEO)
  • flood
    An unusual accumulation of water above the ground caused by high tide, heavy rain, melting snow or rapid runoff from paved areas.
  • flood
    To cover with large amounts of water.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) flood
  • Presens: flood / floods
  • Preteritum: flooded
  • Perfektum: (have) flooded

Substantiv

  • Entall: flood
  • Flertall: floods

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