flood

Mane

Noun

1. An overflow (usually disastrous) of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
2. A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
3. The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
4. A floodlight.
5. Menstrual discharge; menses.
6. (obsolete) Water as opposed to land.

Verb

1. To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
2. To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
3. To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
4. To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
5. To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/flʌd/

Etîmolojî

From Middle English flod, from Old English flōd, from Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from *plew- (“to flow”). Cognate with Scots flude, fluid, Saterland Frisian Floud, Dutch vloed, German Flut, Danish flod, Icelandic flóð, and Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus).