flood

(noun) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land. Synonyms: inundation, deluge, alluvion. Example: "Plains fertilized by annual inundations."

(noun) an overwhelming number or amount. Synonyms: inundation, deluge, torrent. Examples: "A flood of requests." "A torrent of abuse."

(noun) light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography. Synonyms: floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood.

(noun) a large flow. Synonyms: overflow, outpouring.

(noun) the act of flooding; filling to overflowing. Synonyms: flowage.

(noun) the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide). Synonyms: flood tide, rising tide. Example: "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. Synonyms: deluge, inundate, swamp. Examples: "The basement was inundated after the storm." "The images flooded his mind."

(verb) cover with liquid, usually water. Examples: "The swollen river flooded the village." "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes."

(verb) supply with an excess of. Synonyms: oversupply, glut. Examples: "Flood the market with tennis shoes." "Glut the country with cheap imports from the orient."

(verb) become filled to overflowing. Example: "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains."