flood

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

• “plains fertilized by annual inundations”

an overwhelming number or amount

• “a flood of requests”
• “a torrent of abuse”

light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

a large flow

the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

the inward flow of the tide

• “a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune” Shakespeare

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• “the basement was inundated after the storm”
• “The images flooded his mind”

cover with liquid, usually water

• “The swollen river flooded the village”
• “The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes”

supply with an excess of

• “flood the market with tennis shoes”
• “Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient”

become filled to overflowing

• “Our basement flooded during the heavy rains”