Found 4 items, similar to Flood.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: flood
banjir
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: flood
banjir, cacap, melimpahi, membahkan, membanjiri, mengacapi, mengampuhkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: flood
flood
n 1: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto
normally dry land;
“plains fertilized by annual
inundations” [syn:
inundation,
deluge,
alluvion]
2: an overwhelming number or amount;
“a flood of requests”;
“a
torrent of abuse” [syn:
inundation,
deluge,
torrent]
3: light that is a source of artificial illumination having a
broad beam; used in photography [syn:
floodlight,
flood lamp
,
photoflood]
4: a large flow [syn:
overflow,
outpouring]
5: the act of flooding; filling to overflowing [syn:
flowage]
6: the inward flow of the tide;
“a tide in the affairs of men
which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune”
-Shakespeare
flood
v 1: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid;
“the
basement was inundated after the storm”;
“The images
flooded his mind” [syn:
deluge,
inundate,
swamp]
2: cover with liquid, usually water;
“The swollen river flooded
the village”;
“The broken vein had flooded blood in her
eyes”
3: supply with an excess of;
“flood the market with tennis
shoes”;
“Glut the country with cheap imports from the
Orient” [syn:
oversupply,
glut]
4: become filled to overflowing;
“Our basement flooded during
the heavy rains”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Flood
Flood
\Flood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Flooded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flooding.]
1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river
flooded the valley.
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2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with
water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for
irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as,
to flood a country with a depreciated currency.
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Flood
\Flood\ (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood,
AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G.
flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus;
from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See
Flow, v. i.]
1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing
stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water,
rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus
covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.
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A covenant never to destroy
The earth again by flood. --Milton.
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2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise
of water in the ocean; -- opposed to
ebb; as, young
flood; high flood.
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
--Shak.
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3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood
of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely
diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of
bank notes; a flood of paper currency.
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4. Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey.
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Flood anchor (Naut.), the anchor by which a ship is held
while the tide is rising.
Flood fence, a fence so secured that it will not be swept
away by a flood.
Flood gate, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or
releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.
Flood mark, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood,
rises; high-water mark.
Flood tide, the rising tide; -- opposed to
ebb tide.
The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah.
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