flood

Meaning

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.

overflow

deluge

rising tide

flood lamp

flow over

flowing water

flow copiously

innundate

live up to

be in spate

stream forth

cover over

heaps of

pour in

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

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/flʌd/

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).