flood
Betekenis (Engels)
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- An overflow (usually disastrous) of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
- A floodlight.
- Menstrual discharge; menses.
- (obsolete) Water as opposed to land.
Concepten
watervloed
alluvium
onder water zetten
onderduwen
tot zinken brengen
vochtig maken
water geven
vloed-
sedimentatie
bezinking
hoogwater
bevloeien
binnenrukken
bloedaandrang
cataclysme
congestie
in de afgrond storten
Synoniemen
rising tide
flood lamp
flow over
flowing water
flow copiously
innundate
live up to
be in spate
stream forth
cover over
heaps of
rush down
make full
well over
heavy flood
be inundated
mass of water
flow rapidly
mound over
a whole lot
inundation . flooded
freshhet
abound with
maximum tide
cataract
dam up
flooded area
grow over
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/flʌd/
Etymologie (Engels)
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).
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