Synonym: deluge, drench, inundate, overfill, overflow, oversupply. Antonym: drain, draught. Similar words: floor, bloody, flour, flow, float, flourish, food, good. Meaning: [flʌd] 
n. 1. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land 2. an overwhelming number or amount 3. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography 4. a large flow 5. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing 6. the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide). v. 1. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid 2. cover with liquid, usually water 3. supply with an excess of 4. become filled to overflowing.
n. 1. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land 2. an overwhelming number or amount 3. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography 4. a large flow 5. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing 6. the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide). v. 1. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid 2. cover with liquid, usually water 3. supply with an excess of 4. become filled to overflowing. 
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121. If the pipe bursts it could flood the whole house.
122. There was a flood of complaints from the press about the bad language used in the special TV show.
123. We can't cross the meadow there because the river is in flood.
124. A man who planned to flood Britain with cocaine was jailed for 15 years.
125. Trucks caravaned food and medical supplies to the flood survivors.
126. The young police sergent was given a commendation for bravery after he saved the children from the flood.
127. A thick deposit of mud lay on the fields when the flood went down.
128. They tried every way possible to reestablish the refugees uprooted by flood in new homes.
129. Cheap plastic bowls and buckets flood ( into ) the market.
130. All flood victims will be rehoused as soon as possible.
131. Some people had to cling to trees as the flash flood bowled them over.
132. She kept abreast with the flood of communications that had poured in.
133. The local people still harboured considerable misgivings over the flood of workers into their village.
134. Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood.
135. There followed a great flood of indignation in the newspapers.
136. The President appealed to the international community for aid for the flood victims.
137. The local government expropriated all the trucks and tractors during the flood.
138. After the flood there was a slow return to normality.
139. You should check your policy to see if you're covered for flood damage.
140. We handed out gifts of food and clothing to the survivors of the flood.
141. The rising flood swept the travelers off their feet as they struggled to hold onto the branches.
142. The villagers built banks of earth to hold back the flood waters.
143. Insurance companies were slow paying out on claims for flood damage.
144. There are fears that the existing flood barrier may prove insufficient.
145. Flood waters washed away one of the main bridges in Pusan.
146. After the disaster(Sentencedict.com),(www.Sentencedict.com) the police had a flood of enquiries about missing relatives.
147. They built dykes and dam to hold back the rising flood waters.
148. This contract guarantees you against damage by fire or flood.
149. Over 25 people drowned when a schoolbus tried to cross a river and flood waters swept through.
150. The main leaders of the government at all levels should stand in the forefront of the fighting against flood.