flood

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
2. (figuratively) 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. (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
4. (Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
5. To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.

Concepten

overstroming

vloed

overstromen

zondvloed

verpletteren

overstelpen

🚿

watersnood

bedelven

watervloed

alluvium

inundatie

toeloop

toevloed

inunderen

onder water zetten

lopen

onderduiken

onderduwen

sproeien

stromen

stroom

tot zinken brengen

vlieten

vloeien

vochtig maken

wateren

🚰

water geven

zinken

vloed-

sedimentatie

bezinking

hoogwater

begieten

besproeien

bevloeien

bevochtigen

binnenrukken

binnenvallen

bloedaandrang

cataclysme

congestie

drenken

duiken

gieten

in de afgrond storten

irrigeren

Synoniemen

overflow

deluge

inundation

inundate

flow

high water

swamp

stream

submerge

alluvion

torrent

surge

freshet

overwhelm

spate

high tide

flood tide

fill

overflowing

rising tide

gush

cover

rush

engulf

pour

irrigate

water

🚰

avalanche

river

photoflood

outpouring

landslide

flow over

drown

flowing water

drench

flowage

floodwater

brim over

cataclysm

floodlight

flooding

flood lamp

spread

sea

🌊

shower

🚿

plenty

soak

tide

dump

Vertalingen

inondation

inundación

Flut

inondazione

alluvione

inonder

Überschwemmung

inondare

inundar

inundação

πλημμύρα

inundació

Hochwasser

überfluten

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/flʌd/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: flod

Overgenomen van Oudengels: flōd

Verwant aan Schots: flude

Verwant aan Saterfries: Floud

Verwant aan Nederlands: vloed

Verwant aan Duits: Flut

Verwant aan Deens: flod

Verwant aan IJslands: flóð

Verwant aan Gothisch: 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃

In summary

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).