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. To become filled to overflowing
2. To cover with liquid, usually water
3. To supply with an excess of; SYN. oversupply.

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.