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flood

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Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
flood
1. überschwemmen, überfluten
2. Flut, Überflutung
Englisch > Englisch
flood
1. subst. A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
2. subst. (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
a flood of complaints
3. subst. The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
4. subst. A floodlight.
5. subst. Menstrual discharge; menses.
6. subst. (obsolete) Water as opposed to land.
7. v. To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
8. v. To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
The floor was flooded with beer.
They flooded the room with sewage.
9. v. (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.
10. v. (Internet, ambitransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
Deutsch > Englisch
Flut
1. n-f. flow, flood, high tide (rising movement of the tide; the time around when it reaches its peak)
2. n-f. (often, in the plural) flood(s), great masses of water, usually of the sea
3. n-f. flooding, flood, overflow of a body of water; (usually only when very violent and disastrous)