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| Flood |
[OE. flod a
flowing, stream, flood, AS. fl&omacr]d; akin to D.
vloed, OS. fl d, OHG. fluot, G.
flut, Icel. flð, Sw. *** Dan. flod,
Goth. fl&omacr]dus |
A great flow of water; a body of moving
water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of
water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus
covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.
The flowing in of the tide; the
semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to
ebb; as, young flood; high flood.
A great flow or stream of any fluid
substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava;
hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a
superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of
paper currency.
Menstrual disharge; menses.
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To overflow] to inundate;
to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.
To cause or permit to be inundated; to
fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable
land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as,
to flood a country with a depreciated currency.
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