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Flooded

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Adjective

1. afloat, awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing

covered with water

Example Sentences:
'the main deck was afloat (or awash)'
'the monsoon left the whole place awash'
'a flooded bathroom'
'inundated farmlands'
'an overflowing tub'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Flooded

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noun
1. 
a. 
the inundation of land that is normally dry through the overflowing of a body of water, esp a river
b. 
the state of a river that is at an abnormally high level (esp in the phrase in flood)
▶ Related adjective: diluvial
2. 
a great outpouring or flow
a flood of words
3. 
a. 
the rising of the tide from low to high water
b. 
(as modifier)
the flood tide
Compare ebb (sense 3)
4. theatre short for floodlight
5. archaic
a large body of water, as the sea or a river
verb
6. 
(of water) to inundate or submerge (land) or (of land) to be inundated or submerged
7. 
to fill or be filled to overflowing, as with a flood
the children's home was flooded with gifts
8. (intransitive)
to flow; surge
relief flooded through him
9. 
to supply an excessive quantity of petrol to (a carburettor or petrol engine) or (of a carburettor, etc) to be supplied with such an excess
10. (intransitive)
to rise to a flood; overflow
11. (intransitive)
a. 
to bleed profusely from the uterus, as following childbirth
b. 
to have an abnormally heavy flow of blood during a menstrual period
noun
the Flood
noun
Henry. 1732–91, Anglo-Irish politician: leader of the parliamentary opposition to English rule

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Flooded

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noun
1. 
an overflowing of water on an area normally dry; inundation; deluge
2. 
the flowing in of water from the sea as the tide rises
3. 
a great flow or outpouring
a flood of words
4.  Informal
floodlight
5.  Archaic
a. 
water, as opposed to land
b. 
a large body of water, as a sea or broad river
verb transitive
6. 
to cover or fill with or as with a flood; overflow; inundate
rain flooded the valley; music flooded the room
7. 
to put much or too much water, fuel, etc. on or in
to flood a carburetor
verb intransitive
8. 
to rise, flow, or gush out in or as in a flood
9. 
to become flooded

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Flooded

see synonyms of flooded
n.
1. An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.
2. A flood tide.
3. A large amount or number, especially when moving from one place to another: received a flood of applications. See Synonyms at flow.
4. A floodlight, specifically a unit that produces a beam of intense light.
5. Flood In the Bible, the covering of the earth with water that occurred during the time of Noah.
v. flood·ed, flood·ing, floods
v.tr.
1. To cover or submerge with water; inundate: The town was flooded when the dam burst.
2. To move into or fill in large numbers or amounts: People flooded the square. His inbox was flooded with mail.
3. To overwhelm in large numbers: The theater was flooded with ticket requests.
4. To put too much fuel into the carburetor of (an engine), resulting in unsuccessful ignition.
v.intr.
1. To become inundated or submerged: The underpass floods after a heavy rain.
2. To pour forth; overflow: The river floods nearly every spring.

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