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.
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151. The country's asylum laws were amended to staunch the flow/flood of economic migrants.
152. It's impossible to put a figure on the number of homeless after the flood.
153. The flood waters have receded since then(Sentencedict.com ), but residents are still bailing out.
154. She was unprepared for the flood of vituperation which descended on her from her critics.
155. The old painting was damaged in the flood and had to be painstakingly restored.
156. Infectious diseases are spreading among many of the flood victims.
157. The flood of cars has now slowed to a trickle.
158. The village was evacuated because of the danger of a flood.
159. Many people were uprooted from their homes by the flood.
160. The garden wall is being washed by the flood water.
161. They were boxed up in a small shed during the flood.
162. The flood of offers of help had dwindled to a mere trickle.
163. The severe cold caused a water main to burst and flood the street.
164. The gesture awoke an unexpected flood of tenderness towards her.
165. The sight of him entering a room could flood her with desire.
166. The administration is trying to stem the flood of refugees out of Haiti and into Florida.
167. The economy was further burdened by a flood of refugees.
168. They could not cross the river owing to the flood.
169. We had been enemies a long time(Sentencedict.com), but after the flood we buried the hatchet.
170. The January flood waters receded as fast as they had risen.
171. The cost of the flood damage is impossible to quantify.
172. People camped out in the school hall to escape the flood water.
173. The flood left a thick deposit of mud over the entire ground floor of the house.
174. It is said that there has been a big flood.
175. The dam gave way; it was not strong enough to hold the flood waters.
176. They assessed the cost of the flood damage at £1500.
177. They conquered the flood after a strenuous fight lasting four days and four nights.
178. After the flood it took weeks for the water level to go down.
179. There is hunger in all the places where the crop was spoilt by the flood.
180. The flood water backed up the pipes for the dirty water.