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