Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Flooding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flooding \Flood"ing\, n.
The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow;
inundation; the filling anything to excess.
2. (Med.) An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from
the uterus. --Dunglison.
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)
flooding
adj : overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks" [syn: {in
flood(p)}, {overflowing}, {swollen}]
n : a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with
experiences of a particular kind until becoming either
averse to them or numbed to them [syn: {implosion therapy}]
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