Definition of: flood

(flud) noun
1. An unusually large flow of water; freshet; inundation; deluge. ♦ Collateral adjective: diluvial.
2. The coming in of the tide; the tide at its height; high tide: also called flood tide.
3. A copious flow or stream, as of sunlight, lava, etc.; abundant or excessive supply.
4. Any great body of water; the sea; a river.
5. A stage light that throws a broad beam.
—the Flood or Noah's flood See under DELUGE.
—v.t.
1. To cover or inundate with a flood; deluge.
2. To fill or overwhelm as with a flood: They flooded him with advice.
3. To supply with too much: He flooded the engine with gasoline.
—v.i.
4. To rise to a flood; overflow.
5. To flow in a flood; gush. [OE flōd]
—flood′er noun