ETYM Old Eng. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. flôd; akin to Dutch vloed, OS. flôd, Old High Germ. fluot, German flut, Icel. flôth, Swed. and Dan. flod, Goth. flôdus; from the root of Eng. flow. Related to Flow.
1. The rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; SYN. inundation, deluge.
2. The act of flooding; filling to overflowing.
3. An overwhelming number or amount; SYN. deluge, torrent.
4. A large flow; SYN. overflow, outpouring.
5. A source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography; SYN. floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood.
6. The inward flow of the tide; -Shakespeare.
1. Forte pluie.
2. (Au figuré) Abondance. Déluge de paroles.
1. Écoulement.
2. Flot.
Débordement d'eaux qui inondent une zone donnée. Les inondations s'emploie plus volontiers que l'inondation. Les inondations du Bangladesh.
1. To become filled to overflowing
2. To cover with liquid, usually water
3. To supply with an excess of; SYN. oversupply.
1. Noyer.
2. Submerger. Inonder une mine.
3. (Au figuré) Envahir. La foule inonde la rue.
Incoming; SYN. high.
The, In the Old Testament, the Koran, and The Epic of Gilgamesh (an ancient Sumerian legend), a deluge lasting 40 days and nights, a disaster alleged to have obliterated all humanity except a chosen few (in the Old Testament, the survivors were the family of Noah and the pairs of animals sheltered on his ark).
The story may represent legends of a major local flood; for example, excavations at Ur in Iraq revealed 2.5 m/8 ft of water-laid clay dating from before 4000 BC, over an area of about 645 km/400 mi by 160 km/100 mi.