| noun | the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land “plains fertilized by annual inundations” |
| noun | an overwhelming number or amount “a flood of requests” |
| noun | light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography |
| noun | a large flow |
| noun | the act of flooding; filling to overflowing |
| noun | the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); -Shakespeare “a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune” |
| verb | fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid “the basement was inundated after the storm” |
| verb | cover with liquid, usually water “The swollen river flooded the village” |
| verb | supply with an excess of “flood the market with tennis shoes” |
| verb | become filled to overflowing “Our basement flooded during the heavy rains” |
| flood | verb | become filled to overflowing |
| inundate | verb | fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid |
| deluge | verb | fill or cover completely, usually with water |
| torrential | adjective | resembling a torrent in force and abundance; ; ; - Winthrop Sargeant |
| floodlight | verb | illuminate with floodlights |
| overflow | verb | flow or run over (a limit or brim) |
| flow | verb | cover or swamp with water |
| deluge | noun | a heavy rain |
| flood | noun | the act of flooding; filling to overflowing |
| flooding | noun | a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them |
| inundation | noun | an overwhelming number or amount |
| oversupply | noun | the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall |
| glut | noun | the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall |