flood

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Editorial note

If we open the floodgates, it will attract lots of people who will dilute the site.

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the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of flood gathered in one view.

noun

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

noun

an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"

noun

light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for flood.

noun

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

noun

an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"

noun

light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

noun

a large flow

noun

the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

noun

the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare

verb

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

verb

cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"

verb

supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"

verb

become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"

Example sentences

If we open the floodgates, it will attract lots of people who will dilute the site.

Well, you made us a lot of money with your 2048 rip-off once, so it's no problem; go ahead and flood us with your worst!

Now, instead of just a flood of empty messages on your birthday, you'll get a flood of empty calories, too.

All the sub-par investors and entrepreneurs who flood the valley just to cash in on bubbles will be repelled.

With the constant flood of new technology and best practices, it takes a lot of effort to even stay relevant.

When a lab assistant handled a rat pup, researchers found, it produced anxiety, a flood of stress hormones, in the pup.

The author quickly dismisses hard drives because at the time of the Glacier launch SMR drives were to expensive because of the Thai flood.

I would have literally no idea that Bitcoins existed if it weren't for the flood of articles on HN. I don't understand - who are all the people who find this interesting or relevant?

* I think that the site has been "holed below the waterline" by the NSA stuff and the subsequent flood of articles, as well as the "outrage" articles about various grave injustices.

One day a flood comes tearing through your house, or your hard drive fails, or you miss a credit card payment, and if you've wired your brain to only be happy in the environment you created, you are going to have a breakdown.

Thus many jobs have increasingly found it beneficial to use the filter of a college degree in order to avoid a flood of unsuitable applicants, even to entry level jobs.

However, when reporters, bloggers, and commentators flood the internet with harassment stories accompanied with such vitriolic language, it's harder for me to tell the actual stories apart from the bombastic linkbait.

All the dopamine release happened when the sale was still hypothetical!Our story hit Facebook too, and I got a flood of comments, but I felt stupid responding to them; so many of my Fb connections aren't technical, it just seemed like, "who cares?

And in the end, I was the one left with the holes punched in the wall, with the dryer stolen, with the garden shed piled to the roof with months-old garbage, with a kitchen floor that could easily have been a bus station, with evidence of a three-inch flood of water from the washing machine, with fleas in the carpet and holes in the yard after she'd signed a clear no-pets clause.