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1. flood
verb. ['ˈflʌd'] fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid.
Etymology
- flod (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flod (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Flood
- cold-blood
- lebudde
- stud
- spud
- scud
- fludd
- flud
- ehud
- crud
- blood
- thud
- sudd
- rudd
- rud
- nudd
- mudd
- mud
- judd
- hud
- dudd
- dud
- cudd
- budde
- budd
- bud
- uhde
How do you pronounce flood?
Pronounce flood as fləd.
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Sentences with flood
1. Noun, singular or mass
The most common cause of water damage is from either a weather-related flood or broken water pipes.
2. Adjective
This lets it know if your home presents a risk of flood damage.
3. Verb, base form
Do not flood the stain with the mixture.
Quotes about flood
1. Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...I'm here. The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you.
- Charles M. Schulz
2. In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.
- Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles
3. And I'll dance with you in Vienna,I'll be wearing a river's disguise.The hyacinth wild on my shouldermy mouth on the dew of your thighs.And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook,with the photographs there and the moss.And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty,my cheap violin and my cross.
- Leonard Cohen, Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs
2. flood
noun. ['ˈflʌd'] the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land.
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Etymology
- flod (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flod (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. flood
verb. ['ˈflʌd'] cover with liquid, usually water.
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Etymology
- flod (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flod (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. flood
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Etymology
- flod (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flod (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. flood
noun. ['ˈflʌd'] an overwhelming number or amount.
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Etymology
- flod (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flod (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. flood
noun. ['ˈflʌd'] light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography.
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Etymology
- flod (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flod (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. flood
noun. ['ˈflʌd'] the act of flooding; filling to overflowing.
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Etymology
- flod (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flod (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. flood
noun. ['ˈflʌd'] the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide).
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Etymology
- flod (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flod (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. flood
verb. ['ˈflʌd'] become filled to overflowing.
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Antonyms
Etymology
- flod (Middle English (1100-1500))
- flod (Old English (ca. 450-1100))