Flood
noun
A large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry.
The heavy rain caused a flood in the town.
Often appears as...
- flood damage
- flood waters
verb
To cover or fill a place with a large amount of water.
The river flooded the town.
Often appears as...
- flood the market
- flood in
verb
To come or go in great numbers or quantity.
After the concert ended, fans flooded out of the venue.
Often appears as...
- flood into
- flood out
noun
An overwhelming quantity of things or people appearing at the same time.
There's been a flood of complaints about the new policy.
Often appears as...
- flood of information
- flood of emotions
noun
A large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry.
The heavy rain caused a flood in the town.
Often appears as...
- flood damage
- flood waters
verb
To cover or fill a place with a large amount of water.
The river flooded the town.
Often appears as...
- flood the market
- flood in
verb
To come or go in great numbers or quantity.
After the concert ended, fans flooded out of the venue.
Often appears as...
- flood into
- flood out
noun
An overwhelming quantity of things or people appearing at the same time.
There's been a flood of complaints about the new policy.
Often appears as...
- flood of information
- flood of emotions
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Disaster Association
Often linked to natural disasters, implies significant impact and damage.
News reported the flood devastated the coastal villages.
Pro Tip 2/3Scale of Water
Used when water expansively covers land, not just for small puddles.
The entire valley was under water after the flood.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary State
Implies that flooding is an unusual, temporary situation for an area.
The flood receded, leaving mud everywhere.
Pro Tip 1/3Disaster Association
Often linked to natural disasters, implies significant impact and damage.
News reported the flood devastated the coastal villages.
Pro Tip 2/3Scale of Water
Used when water expansively covers land, not just for small puddles.
The entire valley was under water after the flood.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary State
Implies that flooding is an unusual, temporary situation for an area.
The flood receded, leaving mud everywhere.
Pro Tip 1/3Disaster Association
Often linked to natural disasters, implies significant impact and damage.
News reported the flood devastated the coastal villages.
Pro Tip 2/3Scale of Water
Used when water expansively covers land, not just for small puddles.
The entire valley was under water after the flood.
Pro Tip 3/3Temporary State
Implies that flooding is an unusual, temporary situation for an area.
The flood receded, leaving mud everywhere.
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The science of...
Once attraction is confirmed, your bloodstream is flooded with norepinephrine, activating your fight or flight system. Your heart beats faster, your pupils dilate, and your body releases glucose for additional energy, not because you're in danger but because your body is telling you that something important is happening. To help you focus,
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Why the Arctic is...
where most of the world's population lives. Many scientists are concerned that shifts in weather patterns will last longer and be more extreme, with short term fluctuations becoming persistent cold snaps, heat waves, droughts and floods. So the Arctic sensitivity doesn't just serve as an early warning alarm
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What is international...
they're getting in aid slowing climate change would benefit people in developing countries developing countries contribute the least to our carbon burden and they're going to suffer the most from the impacts of climate change this little girl in Pakistan surviving a flood could
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How to choose your news...
and what others are saying about it. Today, we are more free than ever from the old media gatekeepers who used to control the flow of information. But with freedom comes the responsibility to curate our own experience and ensure that this flow does not become a flood,
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How memories form and...
designed to make sure we can survive in a crisis. Stress chemicals help mobilize energy and increase alertness. However, with chronic stress our bodies become flooded with these chemicals, resulting in a loss of brain cells and an inability to form new ones,
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Giant Horse Conch &...
But it's a decidedly risky acquisition. The risk paid off handsomely. The new shell is both lighter and stronger than the old home and it's not a moment too soon, because the tide is flowing in strongly, flooding the plains.
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Giant Japanese...
in this rare night footage a giant salamander struggles back upstream after becoming trapped in a dam spillway when the banks of rivers are covered in concrete for flood control the salamanders habitat is destroyed so
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A whale saved my life PIPE...
So you might even risk your life and so it started sort of all sort of flooding in about. how this was an experience of perhaps the whale displaying his altruistic behavior, to push me away from this very huge shark.
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Ze Frank: Are you human?
Have you ever woken up blissfully and suddenly been flooded by the awful remembrance that someone had left you? Have you ever lost the ability to imagine a future without a person that no longer was in your life?
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Sir David Attenborough...
flooded at high tide if the eggs are laid too close to the sea we relocate the eggs and we bury them thanks to the efforts of this community these turtles have had an extraordinary change in fortune
Video examples
The science of...
Once attraction is confirmed, your bloodstream is flooded with norepinephrine, activating your fight or flight system. Your heart beats faster, your pupils dilate, and your body releases glucose for additional energy, not because you're in danger but because your body is telling you that something important is happening. To help you focus,
Video examples
Why the Arctic is...
where most of the world's population lives. Many scientists are concerned that shifts in weather patterns will last longer and be more extreme, with short term fluctuations becoming persistent cold snaps, heat waves, droughts and floods. So the Arctic sensitivity doesn't just serve as an early warning alarm
Video examples
What is international...
they're getting in aid slowing climate change would benefit people in developing countries developing countries contribute the least to our carbon burden and they're going to suffer the most from the impacts of climate change this little girl in Pakistan surviving a flood could
Video examples
How to choose your news...
and what others are saying about it. Today, we are more free than ever from the old media gatekeepers who used to control the flow of information. But with freedom comes the responsibility to curate our own experience and ensure that this flow does not become a flood,
Video examples
How memories form and...
designed to make sure we can survive in a crisis. Stress chemicals help mobilize energy and increase alertness. However, with chronic stress our bodies become flooded with these chemicals, resulting in a loss of brain cells and an inability to form new ones,
Video examples
Giant Horse Conch &...
But it's a decidedly risky acquisition. The risk paid off handsomely. The new shell is both lighter and stronger than the old home and it's not a moment too soon, because the tide is flowing in strongly, flooding the plains.
Video examples
Giant Japanese...
in this rare night footage a giant salamander struggles back upstream after becoming trapped in a dam spillway when the banks of rivers are covered in concrete for flood control the salamanders habitat is destroyed so
Video examples
A whale saved my life PIPE...
So you might even risk your life and so it started sort of all sort of flooding in about. how this was an experience of perhaps the whale displaying his altruistic behavior, to push me away from this very huge shark.
Video examples
Ze Frank: Are you human?
Have you ever woken up blissfully and suddenly been flooded by the awful remembrance that someone had left you? Have you ever lost the ability to imagine a future without a person that no longer was in your life?
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
flooded at high tide if the eggs are laid too close to the sea we relocate the eggs and we bury them thanks to the efforts of this community these turtles have had an extraordinary change in fortune
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Anu Malik
Indian Composer
I always viewed life in a different way. For example, when I was flooded with offers and I was on radio, on television or giving music in films, I had so much work that I didn't know when morning came and when night came.
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Michael Chertoff
American Public Servant
Second, there are two problems with respect to mobile homes in particular. One is we obviously don't want to put them in a flood plain, because if there's another flood, you're going to lose the mobile home.
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Paul Farmer
American Educator
We have to design a health delivery system by actually talking to people and asking, 'What would make this service better for you?' As soon as you start asking, you get a flood of answers.
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Kamaru Usman
Nigerian Athlete
Once Africans realise we can just fight and get paid for it, we can do that and still provide for ourselves and our families and countries? We're going to flood the market.
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Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
The pro-American policy is the one that forces oil prices down. The way to do this is to flood the world market with liquid fuel from every source possible.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Being flooded with information doesn't mean we have the right information or that we're in touch with the right people.
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Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
When I went to Africa, I was reduced to floods of tears every day.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
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Yayoi Kusama
Japanese Artist
I have a flood of ideas in my mind. I just follow my vision.
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Joseph Smith, Jr.
American Clergyman
Noah came before the flood. I have come before the fire.
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Anu Malik
Indian Composer
I always viewed life in a different way. For example, when I was flooded with offers and I was on radio, on television or giving music in films, I had so much work that I didn't know when morning came and when night came.
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Michael Chertoff
American Public Servant
Second, there are two problems with respect to mobile homes in particular. One is we obviously don't want to put them in a flood plain, because if there's another flood, you're going to lose the mobile home.
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Paul Farmer
American Educator
We have to design a health delivery system by actually talking to people and asking, 'What would make this service better for you?' As soon as you start asking, you get a flood of answers.
Quote examples
Kamaru Usman
Nigerian Athlete
Once Africans realise we can just fight and get paid for it, we can do that and still provide for ourselves and our families and countries? We're going to flood the market.
Quote examples
Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
The pro-American policy is the one that forces oil prices down. The way to do this is to flood the world market with liquid fuel from every source possible.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Being flooded with information doesn't mean we have the right information or that we're in touch with the right people.
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Madonna Ciccone
American Musician
When I went to Africa, I was reduced to floods of tears every day.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
Quote examples
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese Artist
I have a flood of ideas in my mind. I just follow my vision.
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Joseph Smith, Jr.
American Clergyman
Noah came before the flood. I have come before the fire.
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