A flood, unrestrained outbreak of waters.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] (69) streamc950 A flood, unrestrained outbreak of waters. water floodOE Flowing or surging floodwaters; a moving deluge of water; a tempestuous sea. floodc1000 An overflowing or irruption of a great body of water over land not usually submerged; an inundation, a deluge. in flood, †on (a) flood: (of a river… waterOE In singular. A flood. Now rare (somewhat archaic in later use). diluvya1325 = deluge, n. waterganga1325 A flood. Obsolete. flowinga1340 concrete. An overflowing; a flood. Obsolete. delugec1374 A great flood or overflowing of water, a destructive inundation. (Often used hyperbolically, e.g. of a heavy fall of rain.) diluvec1386 Noah's floodc1390 Any great deluge; (the type of) a cataclysmic flood. Also figurative. overflowing1430 The action of overflow, v. (in various senses); an instance of this; a flood, an inundation. inundation1432 The action of inundating; the fact of being inundated with water; an overflow of water; a flood. flowa1450 A deluge, flood. Obsolete. surrounding1449 Overflowing, inundation. Obsolete. over-drowninga1500 A submergence or flooding. spate1513 Without article: Flooding or inundation, swollen condition of water, etc.; copious downpouring of rain. Now usually without const. float1523 An overflow from a river, etc.; a flood; literal and figurative. on (a) float: in flood, flooded; = afloat, adv. 2; also figurative. Obsolete. drowning1539 The action of drown, v., in its various senses. ravine1545 A powerful surge of water; an inundation, a flood. Obsolete. rare. alluvion1550 An inundation, an overflow; a flood, esp. one containing much matter in suspension. Obsolete. surundacion1552 Flooding. watershot1567 A sudden flood. overflow1589 The action of flowing over or covering (land, etc.); the result of this; an inundation, a flood. Cf. overflow, v. 1a. ravage1611 A flood, an inundation. Obsolete. rare. inunding1628 surroundera1642 Overflow, inundation. water breach1669 †(a) (apparently) = water bank, n. (obsolete rare); (b) an irruption of water; a gap created by such an irruption. flooding1799 The action of flood, v.; an instance of it. debacle1802 A breaking up of ice in a river; in Geology a sudden deluge or violent rush of water, which breaks down opposing barriers, and carries before it… diluviation1816 The action of a flood, inundation. deluging1824 superflux1830 An overflow of water. Now rare. whelm1842 The overwhelming surge of waters. poetic. come1862 A flow or flood of water. Now rare. floodage1862 A flooded state, inundation. sheet-flood1897 a short-lived expanse of running water that spreads as a continuous film over a large area following sudden heavy rain. flash flooding1939 flash-flood1940 a sudden, destructive flood; so verbal noun. Subcategories:— little (1) — river (10) — sea (5) — Biblical (8) — ancient or classical (1) — one who or that which floods (1) — mark left by (1) — material washed down by (2) — removal or destruction by (2) |
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