water floodn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə flʌd/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌfləd/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌfləd/

Forms: see water n. and flood n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., flood n.

Etymology: < water n. + flood n. Compare Middle Dutch wātervloit moving deluge of water, river, stream (1476 in Teuthonista; Dutch watervloed also ‘body or mass of floodwater’), Middle Low German watervlōt flowing or surging floodwaters, Middle High German wazzervluot river, stream, (in a late source) moving deluge of water (German Wasserflut also ‘body or mass of floodwater’), Old Icelandic vatnsflóð moving deluge of waters, Old Danish vaten flōd body or mass of floodwater (Danish vandflod also ‘moving deluge of water’).

1. Flowing or surging floodwaters; a moving deluge of water; a tempestuous sea.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun]

streamc950

water floodOE

floodc1000

waterOE

diluvya1325

waterganga1325

flowinga1340

delugec1374

diluvec1386

Noah's floodc1390

overflowing1430

inundation1432

flowa1450

surrounding1449

over-drowninga1500

spate1513

float1523

drowning1539

ravine1545

alluvion1550

surundacion1552

watershot1567

overflow1589

ravage1611

inunding1628

surroundera1642

water breach1669

flooding1799

debacle1802

diluviation1816

deluging1824

superflux1830

whelm1842

come1862

floodage1862

sheet-flood1897

flash flooding1939

flash-flood1940

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [noun] > rough sea

water floodOE

ground-seaa1642

sea1753

seaway1840

sugar-loaf sea1852

OE Andreas (1932) 503 Is þon geliccost swa he [sc. the ship] on lan[d]sceare stille stande, þær hine storm ne mæg, wind awecgan, ne wæterflodas brecan brondstæfne.

OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. vi. 24 On þæs Ambictiones tide wurdon swa mycele wæterflod [L. aquarum inluuies] geond ealle world.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18091 Wel maȝȝ manness kinde ben, Þurrh waterr flod bitacnedd.

c1450 Bk. Gostlye Grace (1979) 92 (MED) Att the furste Miserere thare come fro oure lorde like to a watere flode flowynge which waschede eche face of the sustrene.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxix. 10 The Lorde stilleth [1539 Great Bible sitteth aboue] the water floude.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxix. 20) i. f. 261 They see the ungodly rush uppon them without staye, and too rage like a waterflud.

a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies in J. Davies & C. Marlowe Epigr. & Elegies (?c1599) sig. F4 Why addst thou..to the deep vast sea fresh water floods?

1626 N. Breton Fantasticks sig. B4 The water floods runne ouer the proud bankes.

1730 J. Wesley Let. 12 Dec. (1931) I. 67 Before the great water-flood hath overwhelmed us, He will in His good time ‘quell the raging of this sea, and still the waves thereof when they arise’.

1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xx. 273 Not like the abrupt and sweeping waterflood, but rather like the silent dew as it distills imperceptibly on blade and flower.

1902 Monthly Rev. Aug. 171 Her hair was all about him like a water-flood; her kisses on his brow.

2003 W. K. Hartmann Traveler's Guide to Mars vi. 333 The water floods, lava flows, and fractures have been locked in a close interplay in this area.

2. A body or mass of floodwater. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > body of water > flood water > [noun]

watersOE

water floodOE

suds1599

OE Paris Psalter (1932) lxii. 3 On westene and on wege swylce and on wæterflodum wene ic swiðe, þæt ic ðe on halgum her ætywe.

1539 Bible (Great) Psalms lxix. f. xiii^v/1 Oh let me be delyuered..out of the depe waters. Let not the water floud drowne me: nether let y^e depe swolowe me vp.

1750 R. Rolt Impartial Representation Conduct Powers Europe III. iii. 555 The brigade of Crillon was placed near the post of Antoin, whereto its right extended, and which spread along a water-flood.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon 62 O that I now, I too were By deep wells and water-floods.

1917 O. Wildridge Captains & Co. ix. 108 As the tug drew near, there trailed across the intervening strip of water-flood a snatch of ‘Auld Lang Syne’.

†3. poetic. As a mass noun: water, as opposed to land. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > [noun]

watereOE

streamc950

floodOE

water floodc1175

wave1590

open water1790

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17567 O lifft. o land. o waterr flod Wiþþ fele kinne shaffte.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 246 (MED) Riht as veines ben of blod In man, riht so the water flod Therthe of his cours makth ful of veines.

4. Oil Industry. Flooding of a well with water, esp. as a means of secondary recovery; an instance of this. Frequently attributive. Cf. water flooding n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > forcing in water or fluid

water injection1795

water drive1917

water flooding1926

repressuring1927

water flood1928

hydraulic fracturing1948

fracking1953

sandfrac1953

sandfracing1957

hydrofracturing1972

1928 Trans. AIME Petroleum Div. 77 334 I was interested..to see what the pumping problem would be if it was later decided to mine a water-flood property.

1946 Producers Monthly Dec. 20/1 Throughout the water flood, measurements were taken of the pressure distribution.

1977 Offshore Engineer Apr. 20/1 (advt.) In waterflood and other really tough uses, the McEvoy Super Mudwonder proves better than valves B or C.

2009 K. S. Deffeyes Hubbert's Peak (new ed.) v. 106 An effective water flood will recover 60 percent of the oil.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water flood
释义	water floodn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə flʌd/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌfləd/, /ˈwɑdər ˌfləd/ Forms: see water n. and flood n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., flood n. Etymology: < water n. + flood n. Compare Middle Dutch wātervloit moving deluge of water, river, stream (1476 in Teuthonista; Dutch watervloed also ‘body or mass of floodwater’), Middle Low German watervlōt flowing or surging floodwaters, Middle High German wazzervluot river, stream, (in a late source) moving deluge of water (German Wasserflut also ‘body or mass of floodwater’), Old Icelandic vatnsflóð moving deluge of waters, Old Danish vaten flōd body or mass of floodwater (Danish vandflod also ‘moving deluge of water’). 1. Flowing or surging floodwaters; a moving deluge of water; a tempestuous sea. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] streamc950 water floodOE floodc1000 waterOE diluvya1325 waterganga1325 flowinga1340 delugec1374 diluvec1386 Noah's floodc1390 overflowing1430 inundation1432 flowa1450 surrounding1449 over-drowninga1500 spate1513 float1523 drowning1539 ravine1545 alluvion1550 surundacion1552 watershot1567 overflow1589 ravage1611 inunding1628 surroundera1642 water breach1669 flooding1799 debacle1802 diluviation1816 deluging1824 superflux1830 whelm1842 come1862 floodage1862 sheet-flood1897 flash flooding1939 flash-flood1940 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [noun] > rough sea water floodOE ground-seaa1642 sea1753 seaway1840 sugar-loaf sea1852 OE Andreas (1932) 503 Is þon geliccost swa he [sc. the ship] on lan[d]sceare stille stande, þær hine storm ne mæg, wind awecgan, ne wæterflodas brecan brondstæfne. OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. vi. 24 On þæs Ambictiones tide wurdon swa mycele wæterflod [L. aquarum inluuies] geond ealle world. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18091 Wel maȝȝ manness kinde ben, Þurrh waterr flod bitacnedd. c1450 Bk. Gostlye Grace (1979) 92 (MED) Att the furste Miserere thare come fro oure lorde like to a watere flode flowynge which waschede eche face of the sustrene. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xxix. 10 The Lorde stilleth [1539 Great Bible sitteth aboue] the water floude. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxix. 20) i. f. 261 They see the ungodly rush uppon them without staye, and too rage like a waterflud. a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies in J. Davies & C. Marlowe Epigr. & Elegies (?c1599) sig. F4 Why addst thou..to the deep vast sea fresh water floods? 1626 N. Breton Fantasticks sig. B4 The water floods runne ouer the proud bankes. 1730 J. Wesley Let. 12 Dec. (1931) I. 67 Before the great water-flood hath overwhelmed us, He will in His good time ‘quell the raging of this sea, and still the waves thereof when they arise’. 1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xx. 273 Not like the abrupt and sweeping waterflood, but rather like the silent dew as it distills imperceptibly on blade and flower. 1902 Monthly Rev. Aug. 171 Her hair was all about him like a water-flood; her kisses on his brow. 2003 W. K. Hartmann Traveler's Guide to Mars vi. 333 The water floods, lava flows, and fractures have been locked in a close interplay in this area. 2. A body or mass of floodwater. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > flood water > [noun] watersOE water floodOE suds1599 OE Paris Psalter (1932) lxii. 3 On westene and on wege swylce and on wæterflodum wene ic swiðe, þæt ic ðe on halgum her ætywe. 1539 Bible (Great) Psalms lxix. f. xiii^v/1 Oh let me be delyuered..out of the depe waters. Let not the water floud drowne me: nether let y^e depe swolowe me vp. 1750 R. Rolt Impartial Representation Conduct Powers Europe III. iii. 555 The brigade of Crillon was placed near the post of Antoin, whereto its right extended, and which spread along a water-flood. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta in Calydon 62 O that I now, I too were By deep wells and water-floods. 1917 O. Wildridge Captains & Co. ix. 108 As the tug drew near, there trailed across the intervening strip of water-flood a snatch of ‘Auld Lang Syne’. †3. poetic. As a mass noun: water, as opposed to land. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > [noun] watereOE streamc950 floodOE water floodc1175 wave1590 open water1790 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 17567 O lifft. o land. o waterr flod Wiþþ fele kinne shaffte. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 246 (MED) Riht as veines ben of blod In man, riht so the water flod Therthe of his cours makth ful of veines. 4. Oil Industry. Flooding of a well with water, esp. as a means of secondary recovery; an instance of this. Frequently attributive. Cf. water flooding n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > forcing in water or fluid water injection1795 water drive1917 water flooding1926 repressuring1927 water flood1928 hydraulic fracturing1948 fracking1953 sandfrac1953 sandfracing1957 hydrofracturing1972 1928 Trans. AIME Petroleum Div. 77 334 I was interested..to see what the pumping problem would be if it was later decided to mine a water-flood property. 1946 Producers Monthly Dec. 20/1 Throughout the water flood, measurements were taken of the pressure distribution. 1977 Offshore Engineer Apr. 20/1 (advt.) In waterflood and other really tough uses, the McEvoy Super Mudwonder proves better than valves B or C. 2009 K. S. Deffeyes Hubbert's Peak (new ed.) v. 106 An effective water flood will recover 60 percent of the oil. 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