Flooded Flood Flʌd Flooding River Large Numbers Verb

• the cellar floods whenever it rains heavily.
• if the pipe bursts it could flood the whole house.
• when the ganges floods, it causes considerable damage.
• the river flooded the valley.

flood

1. if a place floods or something floods it, it becomes filled or covered with water
• The cellar floods whenever it rains heavily.
• If the pipe bursts it could flood the whole house.
2. to become so full that it spreads out onto the land around it
• When the Ganges floods, it causes considerable damage.
• The river flooded the valley.
3. to arrive or go somewhere in large numbers
• synonym pour
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• Refugees continue to flood into neighbouring countries.
• Telephone calls came flooding in from all over the country.
4. to send something somewhere in large numbers
• The office was flooded with applications for the job.
• We’ve been flooded with complaints.
5. to become or make something become available in a place in large numbers
• Cheap imported goods are flooding the market.
• A man who planned to flood Britain with cocaine was jailed for 15 years.
6. to affect somebody suddenly and strongly
• A great sense of relief flooded over him.
• Memories of her childhood came flooding back.
• The words flooded him with self-pity.
7. to spread suddenly into something; to cover something
• She drew the curtains and the sunlight flooded in.
• She looked away as the colour flooded her cheeks.
• The room was flooded with evening light.
8. if an engine floods or if you flood it, it becomes so full of petrol/gas that it will not start

Extra Examples

• The area near the river is liable to flood.
• The village had been badly flooded.
• Telephone calls came pouring/flooding in from all over the country.
• We’ve been flooded with complaints.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they flood
• he / she / it floods
• past simple flooded
• past participle flooded
• -ing form flooding

Word Origin

• Old English flōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloed and German Flut, also to flow.