Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Flood"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Flood
an event recorded in Gen. 7 and 8. (See {DELUGE}.) In
Josh. 24:2, 3, 14, 15, the word "flood" (R.V., "river") means
the river Euphrates. In Ps. 66:6, this word refers to the river
Jordan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flood \Flood\, 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.
A covenant never to destroy The earth again by
flood. --Milton.
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.
There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken
at the flood, leads on to fortune. --Shak.
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.
4. Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey.
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flood
n 1: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto
normally dry land [syn: {inundation}, {deluge}, {alluvion}]
2: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a
torrent of abuse" [syn: {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
6: the inward flow of the tide; "a tide in the affairs of men
which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune"
-Shakespeare
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: fill beyond capacity; "The water flooded the fields" [syn: {deluge},
{inundate}]
4: supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis
shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the
Orient" [syn: {oversupply}, {glut}]
5: become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during
the heavy rains"
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