flood
verb
flooded; flooding; floods
1
: to cover with a flood : inundate
flood the fields
2
a
: to fill abundantly or excessively
flood the market
b
: to supply an excess of fuel to (an engine, a carburetor, etc.) so that engine operation is hampered
1
: to pour forth, go, or come in a flood
letters flooding in
2
: to become filled with a flood
The basement flooded.
flooder
noun
Examples of flood in a Sentence
Heavy rains flooded the valley.
The rivers are close to flooding.
The valley flooded after the heavy rains.
The plain floods every spring.
The room was flooded with light.
The company plans to flood the market with this product.
The office has been flooded with phone calls.
The phone calls have been flooding in.
Refugees flooded into the camp.
Light flooded into the room.
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Waves of rain and thunderstorms could lead to flooding it the Chicago area Monday evening and overnight, and bring with them the risk of unusual landspout tornadoes.
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Kylee Miller, CBS News, 8 June 2026
Fans and former costars alike flooded social media with outpourings of appreciation for his talent and grief at his death.
—ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026
The set design is centered around the flooded, burned down, and demolished house that appears in the album visuals and is somehow still standing despite it all.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2026
Bike paths in Moss Park downstream of the gage will be flooded, and the soccer fields at Moss Park will begin to flood.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2026
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Kylee Miller, CBS News, 8 June 2026
Fans and former costars alike flooded social media with outpourings of appreciation for his talent and grief at his death.
—ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026
The set design is centered around the flooded, burned down, and demolished house that appears in the album visuals and is somehow still standing despite it all.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2026
Bike paths in Moss Park downstream of the gage will be flooded, and the soccer fields at Moss Park will begin to flood.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for flood
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“Flood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flood. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationKids Definition
flood
1 of 2 noun
1
a
: a great flow of water that rises and spreads over the land
b
capitalized
: a flood described in the Bible as covering the earth in the time of Noah
2
: the flowing in of the tide
3
: an overwhelming quantity or volume
a flood of mail
flood
2 of 2 verb1
: to cover or become filled with a flood
2
: to fill as if with a flood
a room flooded with light
flood a carburetor
3
: to pour forth, go, or come in a flood
Medical Definition
flood
intransitive verb
: to have an excessive menstrual flow or a uterine hemorrhage after childbirth
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