flood
• inundation, deluge; torrent; great stream of water; overflow
• inundate; brim over, overflow; submerge, engulf; gush, surge; overwhelm
• if there is a flood, a large amount of water covers an area which is usually dry, for example when a river overflows.
• if something floods an area or if an area floods, it becomes covered with water.
• if a river floods, it overflows, usually after very heavy rain.
• a flood of things is a large number of them.
• if people or things flood into a place, large numbers of them come there.
flood of rain
• deluge, inundation, downpour
flood of tears
• sudden outpouring of tears
flood plain
• flat low-lying ground alongside a river that is flooded when the river overflows its banks
flood table of the kinneret
• height to which the waters of the sea of galilee reach
flood tide
• the inflow of the tide; rising tide; high point; large quantity
flash flood
• sudden flood, instantaneous flow of water that fills an area
• a flash flood is a sudden rush of water over dry land, usually caused by a great deal of rain.
noah's flood
• flood sent by god to destroy an evil world (biblical)
the flood
• flood sent by god to destroy an evil world (biblical)