nnoun.quantityan overwhelming number or amountSynset:flood inundation torrent
Examples:- a flood of requests
- a torrent of abuse
Derivationally Related Form:floodinundatedelugetorrential
Hypernyms:batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad
Inherited Hypernyms:floodbatchlarge indefinite quantityindefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
nnoun.phenomenona heavy rainSynset:cloudburst downpour pelter soaker torrent waterspout
Derivationally Related Form:peltsoakdelugetorrential
Hypernyms:rain rainfall
Inherited Hypernyms:downpourrainprecipitationweatheratmospheric phenomenonphysical phenomenonnatural phenomenonphenomenonprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.phenomenonthe rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry landSynset:alluvion flood inundation
Examples:- plains fertilized by annual inundations
Derivationally Related Form:floodinundatedeluge
Hypernyms:geological phenomenon
Inherited Hypernyms:floodgeological phenomenonnatural phenomenonphenomenonprocessphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Noachian delugeNoah's floodNoah and the Flooddebacleflash floodflashfloodthe Flood
Full Hyponyms:debacleflash floodfloodheadnoah's flood
vverb.contactfill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquidSynset:flood inundate swamp
Examples:- the basement was inundated after the storm
- The images flooded his mind
Derivationally Related Form:floodinundationfloodingdeluge
Hypernyms:fill fill up make full
Inherited Hypernyms:delugefillchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something with something
vverb.communicationcharge someone with too many tasksSynset:flood out overwhelm
Derivationally Related Form:deluge
Hypernyms:burden charge saddle
Inherited Hypernyms:overwhelmchargecommandorderrequestaskrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody with something
vverb.changefill or cover completely, usually with waterSynset:inundate submerge
Derivationally Related Form:submergencesubmergibledelugesubmerginginundationsubmersible
Hypernyms:flood
Inherited Hypernyms:inundatefloodcovertouch
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something | The swollen rivers --- the area with water (apply to: inundate, deluge)