flood

[US]/flʌd/
[UK]/flʌd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. inundate; fill with water; overflow
vi. be covered or submerged by water; gush out
n. a large amount of water covering usually dry land; an overflow of water; a large quantity

Phrases & Collocations

flood warning

flash flood

flood evacuation

flood damage

flood insurance

in flood

flood control

flood in

flood season

flood prevention

a flood of

flood discharge

flood water

flood period

flood plain

at the flood

flood routing

flood tide

flood protection

flood land

flood control works

flood level

fight a flood

Example Sentences

a flood tide of fears.

a constant flood of callers.

The flood was a major catastrophe.

This flood will be the ruin of the harvest.

We are sympathetic with the flood sufferers.

The magnitude of the flood was impossible to comprehend.

The floods were a disaster.

to send relief to flood victims

The reason for the flood was that heavy rain.

Heavy floods hit Northeastern India.

My desk is flooded with paper.

flood the market with cheap foreign goods.

she burst into a fresh flood of tears.

she burst into floods of tears.

our switchboard was flooded with calls.

she flooded the room with light.

Real-world Examples

But Dumbledore held up his hand to stem the flood of explanations.

Source: 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

These record downpours are creating historic floods and mudslides.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) February 2016 Collection

Only a few people survived the flood.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

Bill Cosby has broken his silent to meet a flood of rape accusation.

Source: AP Listening Collection January 2015

Nearly 10,000 houses were flooded across Japan.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2019 Collection

You know how the garage floods every spring?

Source: Friends Season 7

Some of the streets are almost flooded with rain.

Source: New English 900 Sentences (Basic Edition)

All of the crops are completely flooded and ruined.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2023 Compilation

I'm concerned too. There might be a flood.

Source: Shanghai Education Oxford Edition Junior High School English Grade Nine, Volume Two

The roads are dangerous. Route 5 is completely flooded.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 1

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