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floral cup
  • n  the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
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floral envelope
  • n  collective term for the outer parts of a flower consisting of the calyx and corolla and enclosing the stamens and pistils
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flogger
  • n  a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)
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flogging
  • n  beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
  • v  beat severely with a whip or rod
  • v  beat with a cane
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flood
  • n  the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
  • n  an overwhelming number or amount
    a flood of requests
  • n  light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
  • n  a large flow
  • n  the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
  • n  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
  • v  fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
    The images flooded his mind
  • v  cover with liquid, usually water
    The swollen river flooded the village
    The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes
  • v  supply with an excess of
    flood the market with tennis shoes
  • v  become filled to overflowing
    Our basement flooded during the heavy rains
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flood control
  • n  (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods
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flood lamp
  • n  light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
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flood plain
  • n  a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding
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