flood

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

overstroming

vloed

overstromen

zondvloed

bedelven

overstelpen

verpletteren

watersnood

toeloop

toevloed

inunderen

onder water zetten

inundatie

watervloed

alluvium

begieten

besproeien

bevloeien

bevochtigen

drenken

gieten

irrigeren

sproeien

vochtig maken

water geven

wateren

bloedaandrang

congestie

duiken

in de afgrond storten

lopen

onderduiken

stromen

vlieten

vloeien

zinken

binnenrukken

binnenvallen

onderduwen

tot zinken brengen

vloed-

hoogwater

cataclysme

stroom

bezinking

sedimentatie

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).