| inglese > italiano | |
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| flood | |
| 1. sost. inondazione, alluvione, allagamento | |
| 2. sost. una grande quantità di qualcosa | |
| a flood of complaints, un sacco di lamentele | |
| 3. sost. nella Bibbia: il Diluvio | |
| 4. verb. inviare qualcosa a qualcuno in gran numero (solitamente in forma passiva) | |
| 5. verb. rendere qualcosa disponibile in gran quantità | |
| 6. verb. allagare | |
| 7. verb. straripare | |
| 8. verb. arrivare in gran numero | |
| inglese > inglese | |
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| 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. | |
| italiano > inglese | |
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| alluvione | |
| 1. subst. flood, inundation | |
| 2. subst. alluvion | |
