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flood

name · noun · verb · 23 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • flŭd
  • /flʌd/
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  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northern-England: flo͝od
  • Northern-England: /flʊd/
  • rhymes with -ʌd
  • CMU ARPABET: F L AH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • a flood of complaints

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A floodlight.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Menstrual discharge; menses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Water as opposed to land.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • People flooded into the streets in protest.
  • The basement flooded with rainwater.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The floor was flooded with beer.
  • They flooded the room with sewage.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, ambitransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

a large flow

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overflow, outpouring

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flow, stream

Narrower terms: effusion

15

noun

Meaning 15

the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flowage

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: filling

16

noun

Meaning 16

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: light, light source

17

noun

Meaning 17

the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) -Shakespeare

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flood tide, rising tide

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tide

18

noun

Meaning 18

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • plains fertilized by annual inundations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inundation, deluge, alluvion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: geological phenomenon

Narrower terms: debacle, flash flood, flashflood, Noah's flood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, the Flood

19

noun

Meaning 19

an overwhelming number or amount

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a flood of requests
  • a torrent of abuse

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inundation, deluge, torrent

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: 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

20

verb

Meaning 20

cover with liquid, usually water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cover, spread over

Narrower terms: flow, inundate, deluge, submerge, swamp, drench

21

verb

Meaning 21

become filled to overflowing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Our basement flooded during the heavy rains

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fill, fill up

22

verb

Meaning 22

fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deluge, inundate, swamp

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fill, fill up, make full

23

verb

Meaning 23

supply with an excess of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oversupply, glut

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish

History

Etymology

From Middle English flod, from Old English flōd, from Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from *plew- (“to flow”). Cognate with Scots flude, fluid, Saterland Frisian Floud, Dutch vloed, German Flut, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish flod, Icelandic flóð, and Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus).

Across languages

Translations

449 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: الطُّوفَان (aṭ-ṭūfān) — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Arabic: طُوفَان نُوح (ṭūfān nūḥ) — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Bashkir: Туфан (Tufan) — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Bulgarian: Потопът (Potopǎt) — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Catalan: diluvi universal — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大洪水 (dàhóngshuǐ) — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Maore Comorian: ɓa la maji — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Dutch: Zondvloed — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Finnish: vedenpaisumus — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • French: déluge — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • French: déluge universel — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • German: Sintflut — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (midjasweipains) — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Irish: an Díle — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Italian: diluvio universale — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Korean: 대홍수 (daehongsu) — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Norwegian Bokmål: syndflod — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: syndflod — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Polish: Potop — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Portuguese: Dilúvio — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Russian: всеми́рный пото́п (vsemírnyj potóp) — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Scottish Gaelic: an Tuil Ruadh — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Spanish: diluvio universal — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Swedish: syndafloden — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Turkish: Büyük Tufan — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Turkish: Nuh Tufan'ı — the flood referenced in the Book of Genesis
  • Afrikaans: oorstroming — overflow of water
  • Afrikaans: vloed — overflow of water
  • Aklanon: baha' — overflow of water
  • Albanian: përmbytje — overflow of water
  • Northern Altai: ташкын (taškïn) — overflow of water
  • Southern Altai: ташкын (taškïn) — overflow of water
  • Southern Altai: сууныҥ кирӱзи (suunïŋ kirüzi) — overflow of water
  • Arabic: طُوفَان (ṭūfān) — overflow of water
  • Arabic: فَيَضَان (fayaḍān) — overflow of water
  • Arabic: سَيْل (sayl) — overflow of water
  • Arabic: فيضان (fayaḍān) — overflow of water
  • Arabic: سيل (sēl) — overflow of water
  • Armenian: հեղեղ (heġeġ) — overflow of water
  • Armenian: ջրհեղեղ (ǰrheġeġ) — overflow of water
  • Assamese: বানপানী (banpani) — overflow of water
  • Assamese: বান (ban) — overflow of water
  • Asturian: inundación — overflow of water
  • Azerbaijani: daşqın — overflow of water
  • Azerbaijani: sel — overflow of water
  • Azerbaijani: subasma — overflow of water
  • Bashkir: ташҡын (taşqın) — overflow of water
  • Basque: uholde — overflow of water
  • Belarusian: па́вадак (pávadak) — overflow of water
  • Belarusian: паво́дка (pavódka) — overflow of water
  • Belarusian: пато́п (patóp) — overflow of water
  • Belarusian: навадне́нне (navadnjénnje) — overflow of water
  • Belarusian: навадне́ньне (navadnjénʹnje) — overflow of water
  • Bengali: বান (ban) — overflow of water
  • Bengali: সয়লাব (śoẏlab) — overflow of water
  • Bengali: বন্যা (bonna) — overflow of water
  • Bhojpuri: बाढ़ि (bāṛhi) — overflow of water
  • Bau Bidayuh: liud — overflow of water
  • Central Bikol: baha — overflow of water
  • Eastern Bontoc: choron — overflow of water
  • Eastern Bontoc: kor-as — overflow of water
  • Brunei Bisaya: liud — overflow of water
  • Bulgarian: наводне́ние (navodnénie) — overflow of water
  • Burmese: ရေကြီးခြင်း (re-kri:hkrang:) — overflow of water
  • Catalan: inundació — overflow of water
  • Catalan: aiguat — overflow of water
  • Cebuano: baha — overflow of water
  • Cebuano: lunop — overflow of water
  • Chamicuro: imujki — overflow of water
  • Chinese: 大水 (tōa-chúi) — overflow of water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洪水 (hóngshuǐ) — overflow of water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洪災 /洪灾 (hóngzāi) — overflow of water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水災 /水灾 (shuǐzāi) — overflow of water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大水 (dàshuǐ) — overflow of water
  • Czech: povodeň — overflow of water
  • Czech: záplava — overflow of water
  • Czech: potopa — overflow of water
  • Danish: oversvømmelse — overflow of water
  • Dutch: overstroming — overflow of water
  • Dutch: vloed — overflow of water
  • Egyptian: b-a-H-w-mw (bꜥḥw) — overflow of water
  • Esperanto: inundo — overflow of water
  • Esperanto: pluvego — overflow of water
  • Estonian: üleujutus — overflow of water
  • Estonian: veetulv — overflow of water
  • Finnish: tulva — overflow of water
  • French: inondation — overflow of water
  • West-Frisian: oerstreaming — overflow of water
  • Galician: inundación — overflow of water
  • Galician: enchente — overflow of water
  • Galician: chea — overflow of water
  • Galician: levada — overflow of water
  • Galician: anago — overflow of water
  • Galician: solago — overflow of water
  • Galician: dioivo — overflow of water
  • Georgian: წყალდიდობა (c̣q̇aldidoba) — overflow of water
  • German: Flut — overflow of water
  • German: Überflutung — overflow of water
  • German: Überschwemmung — overflow of water
  • German: Hochwasser — overflow of water
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 (garunjō) — overflow of water
  • Greek: πλημμύρα (plimmýra) — overflow of water
  • Ancient Greek: πλημμύρα (plēmmúra) — overflow of water
  • Ancient Greek: κατακλυσμός (kataklusmós) — overflow of water
  • Haitian Creole: inondasyon — overflow of water
  • Hebrew: מַבּוּל (mabúl) — overflow of water
  • Hebrew: שיטפון \ שִׁטָּפוֹן (shitafón) — overflow of water
  • Higaonon: baha — overflow of water
  • Hiligaynon: baha — overflow of water
  • Hindi: बाढ़ (bāṛh) — overflow of water
  • Hindi: सैलाब (sailāb) — overflow of water
  • Hindi: सैल (sail) — overflow of water
  • Hindi: प्लावन (plāvan) — overflow of water
  • Hindi: वन्या (vanyā) — overflow of water
  • Hindi: जलप्लावन (jalaplāvan) — overflow of water
  • Hindi: तूफ़ान (tūfān) — overflow of water
  • Hindi: तूफान (tūphān) — overflow of water
  • Hungarian: árvíz — overflow of water
  • Hungarian: ár — overflow of water
  • Hungarian: áradás — overflow of water
  • Icelandic: flóð — overflow of water
  • Tuwali Ifugao: olwang — overflow of water
  • Ilocano: layos — overflow of water
  • Indonesian: banjir — overflow of water
  • Ingrian: upotos — overflow of water
  • Iranun: degan — overflow of water
  • Irish: tuile — overflow of water
  • Italian: inondazione — overflow of water
  • Italian: alluvione — overflow of water
  • Japanese: 洪水 (kōzui) — overflow of water
  • Japanese: 大水 (ōmizu) — overflow of water
  • Japanese: 氾濫 (hanran) — overflow of water
  • Old Javanese: wah — overflow of water
  • Kabuverdianu: txeia — overflow of water
  • Kabuverdianu: xeia — overflow of water
  • Lubuagan Kalinga: litap — overflow of water
  • Southern Kalinga: litap — overflow of water
  • Kannada: ಪ್ರವಾಹ (pravāha) — overflow of water
  • Kapampangan: albug — overflow of water
  • Kazakh: сел (sel) — overflow of water
  • Kazakh: тасқын (tasqyn) — overflow of water
  • Kazakh: топан (topan) — overflow of water
  • Kazakh: топан су (topan su) — overflow of water
  • Kazakh: су тасқыны (su tasqyny) — overflow of water
  • Khakas: тасхын (tasxın) — overflow of water
  • Khmer: ជំនន់ (cumnŭən) — overflow of water
  • Khmer: ដំឡើង (dɑmlaəng) — overflow of water
  • Kimaragang: liyud — overflow of water
  • Korean: 한물 (hanmul) — overflow of water
  • Korean: 홍수 (hongsu) — overflow of water
  • Korean: 대수 (daesu) — overflow of water
  • Central Kurdish: لافاو (lafaw) — overflow of water
  • Northern Kurdish: lehî — overflow of water
  • Northern Kurdish: lêser — overflow of water
  • Northern Kurdish: lês — overflow of water
  • Northern Kurdish: avrabûn — overflow of water
  • Kyrgyz: ташкын (taşkın) — overflow of water
  • Ladino: deluvio — overflow of water
  • Ladino: mabul — overflow of water
  • Ladino: sel — overflow of water
  • Lao: ນ້ໍາຖ້ວມ (nam thūam) — overflow of water
  • Lao: ນໍ້າແກ່ງ (nam kǣng) — overflow of water
  • Lao: ອຸທະກະໄພ (ʼu tha ka phai) — overflow of water
  • Latgalian: poli — overflow of water
  • Latin: dīluviēs — overflow of water
  • Latin: dīluvium — overflow of water
  • Latin: inundatio — overflow of water
  • Latin: abluvium — overflow of water
  • Latvian: plūdi — overflow of water
  • Latvian: pali — overflow of water
  • Lithuanian: potvynis — overflow of water
  • Lithuanian: poplūdis — overflow of water
  • Lotud: liud — overflow of water
  • Low German: fluss — overflow of water
  • Luxembourgish: Héichwaasser — overflow of water
  • Luxembourgish: Iwwerschwemmung — overflow of water
  • Macedonian: поплава (poplava) — overflow of water
  • Malay: banjir — overflow of water
  • Malay: bah — overflow of water
  • Malay: ampuh — overflow of water
  • Malayalam: വെള്ളപ്പൊക്കം (veḷḷappokkaṁ) — overflow of water
  • Malayalam: പ്രളയം (praḷayaṁ) — overflow of water
  • Maltese: għargħar — overflow of water
  • Maranao: bagiyaw — overflow of water
  • Marathi: पूर (pūr) — overflow of water
  • Mongolian: үер (üjer) — overflow of water
  • Mongolian: ᠦᠶᠡᠷ (üyer) — overflow of water
  • Tagal Murut: tuu — overflow of water
  • Timugon Murut: liur — overflow of water
  • Mwani: maera — overflow of water
  • Navajo: tó yíląąd — overflow of water
  • Nepali: बाढी (bāḍhī) — overflow of water
  • Norman: fliot — overflow of water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flom — overflow of water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oversvømmelse — overflow of water
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flaum — overflow of water
  • Occitan: inondacion — overflow of water
  • Occitan: aigat — overflow of water
  • Odia: ବନ୍ୟା (banyā) — overflow of water
  • Old English: flede — overflow of water
  • Pashto: نېز (nez) — overflow of water
  • Dari: سَیل (sayl) — overflow of water
  • Dari: سَیلَاب (saylāb) — overflow of water
  • Dari: سیلَاب (sēlāb) — overflow of water
  • Iranian Persian: سِیل (seyl) — overflow of water
  • Iranian Persian: سِیلاب (seylâb) — overflow of water
  • Plautdietsch: Huachwota — overflow of water
  • Plautdietsch: Äwaschwamunk — overflow of water
  • Polish: powódź — overflow of water
  • Polish: potop — overflow of water
  • Portuguese: cheia — overflow of water
  • Portuguese: enchente — overflow of water
  • Portuguese: inundação — overflow of water
  • Punjabi: ਹੜ੍ਹ (haṛh) — overflow of water
  • Quechua: nuyuy — overflow of water
  • Romanian: inundație — overflow of water
  • Rungus: llizud — overflow of water
  • Russian: наводне́ние (navodnénije) — overflow of water
  • Russian: пото́п (potóp) — overflow of water
  • Russian: па́водок (pávodok) — overflow of water
  • Sanskrit: प्लुति (pluti) — overflow of water
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuil — overflow of water
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏плава — overflow of water
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀топ — overflow of water
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍplava — overflow of water
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòtop — overflow of water
  • Shan: ၼမ်ႉထူမ်ႈ (nâ̰m thūum) — overflow of water
  • Sicilian: allavinamentu — overflow of water
  • Slovak: povodeň — overflow of water
  • Slovak: záplava — overflow of water
  • Slovak: potopa — overflow of water
  • Slovene: poplava — overflow of water
  • Slovene: povodenj — overflow of water
  • Spanish: inundación — overflow of water
  • Spanish: avenida — overflow of water
  • Spanish: riada — overflow of water
  • Spanish: innundación — overflow of water
  • Swahili: mafuriko — overflow of water
  • Swahili: gharika — overflow of water
  • Swedish: översvämning — overflow of water
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠘꠤ (fani) — overflow of water
  • Tagalog: baha — overflow of water
  • Tajik: обхезӣ (obxezi) — overflow of water
  • Tajik: сел (sel) — overflow of water
  • Tajik: селоб (selob) — overflow of water
  • Tamil: வெள்ளம் (veḷḷam) — overflow of water
  • Tashelhit: ingayn — overflow of water
  • Tatar: ташкын (taşqın) — overflow of water
  • Tatar: су басу (su basu) — overflow of water
  • Telugu: వరద (varada) — overflow of water
  • Telugu: వెల్లువ (velluva) — overflow of water
  • Thai: อุทกภัย (ù-tók-gà-pai) — overflow of water
  • Thai: น้ําท่วม (náam-tûuam) — overflow of water
  • Tibetan: ཆུ་ལོག (chu log) — overflow of water
  • Tocharian B: lāñe — overflow of water
  • Tocharian B: kerekauna — overflow of water
  • Turkish: sel — overflow of water
  • Turkish: su taşkını — overflow of water
  • Turkish: taşkın — overflow of water
  • Turkish: seyelan — overflow of water
  • Ottoman Turkish: سیل (seyl) — overflow of water
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوفان (tufan) — overflow of water
  • Ottoman Turkish: سیلان (seyelân) — overflow of water
  • Ottoman Turkish: فیضان (feyezân) — overflow of water
  • Turkmen: joşgun — overflow of water
  • Turkmen: sil — overflow of water
  • Ukrainian: по́вінь (póvinʹ) — overflow of water
  • Ukrainian: пото́п (potóp) — overflow of water
  • Ukrainian: пові́ддя (povíddja) — overflow of water
  • Ukrainian: по́відь (póvidʹ) — overflow of water
  • Urdu: باڑھ (bāṛh) — overflow of water
  • Urdu: سَیلاب (sailāb) — overflow of water
  • Urdu: سَیل (sail) — overflow of water
  • Urdu: طُوفان (tūfān) — overflow of water
  • Uyghur: تاشقىن (tashqin) — overflow of water
  • Uyghur: سەل (sel) — overflow of water
  • Uzbek: toshqin — overflow of water
  • Uzbek: sel — overflow of water
  • Vietnamese: lụt — overflow of water
  • Vietnamese: lụt lội — overflow of water
  • Vietnamese: lũ lụt — overflow of water
  • Vietnamese: lũ — overflow of water
  • Walloon: grossès aiwes — overflow of water
  • Waray-Waray: baha — overflow of water
  • Welsh: llifogydd — overflow of water
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרפֿלייצונג (farfleytsung) — overflow of water
  • Zhuang: raemxrongz — overflow of water
  • Afrikaans: vloed — large number or quantity
  • Bulgarian: изоби́лие (izobílie) — large number or quantity
  • Czech: záplava — large number or quantity
  • Czech: příval — large number or quantity
  • Czech: nával — large number or quantity
  • Finnish: tulva — large number or quantity
  • German: Flut — large number or quantity
  • Greek: πλημμύρα (plimmýra) — large number or quantity
  • Greek: χείμαρρος (cheímarros) — large number or quantity
  • Hungarian: özön — large number or quantity
  • Hungarian: áradat — large number or quantity
  • Hungarian: tengernyi — large number or quantity
  • Irish: rabharta — large number or quantity
  • Italian: marea — large number or quantity
  • Italian: alluvione — large number or quantity
  • Japanese: 洪水 (kōzui) — large number or quantity
  • Korean: 홍수 (hongsu) — large number or quantity
  • Polish: ogrom — large number or quantity
  • Polish: nawał — large number or quantity
  • Polish: natłok — large number or quantity
  • Polish: powódź — large number or quantity
  • Polish: potok — large number or quantity
  • Portuguese: dilúvio — large number or quantity
  • Portuguese: enxurrada — large number or quantity
  • Russian: наплы́в (naplýv) — large number or quantity
  • Russian: изоби́лие (izobílije) — large number or quantity
  • Scottish Gaelic: tuil — large number or quantity
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏плава — large number or quantity
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍplava — large number or quantity
  • Slovene: poplava — large number or quantity
  • Spanish: diluvio — large number or quantity
  • Swahili: gharika — large number or quantity
  • Afrikaans: oorstroom — to overflow
  • Azerbaijani: basmaq — to overflow
  • Azerbaijani: daşmaq — to overflow
  • Eastern Bontoc: lomasoy — to overflow
  • Eastern Bontoc: somafi — to overflow
  • Eastern Bontoc: malenap — to overflow
  • Bulgarian: заливам (zalivam) — to overflow
  • Catalan: inundar — to overflow
  • Chinese Cantonese: 水浸 (seoi2 zam3) — to overflow
  • Chinese: 漲水 /涨水 (tiòng-chúi) — to overflow
  • Chinese: 做大水 (chòe-tōa-chúi) — to overflow
  • Czech: zaplavit — to overflow
  • Danish: oversvømme — to overflow
  • Dutch: overstromen — to overflow
  • Egyptian: b-a-H-G32-mw (bꜥḥj) — to overflow
  • Esperanto: inundi — to overflow
  • Finnish: tulvia — to overflow
  • French: inonder — to overflow
  • West-Frisian: dûke — to overflow
  • Galician: encher — to overflow
  • Galician: asolagar — to overflow
  • Galician: alagar — to overflow
  • Galician: encharcar — to overflow
  • German: überschwemmen — to overflow
  • German: überfluten — to overflow
  • German: überfüllen — to overflow
  • Greek: πλημμυρίζω (plimmyrízo) — to overflow
  • Ancient Greek: κατακλύζω (kataklúzō) — to overflow
  • Hungarian: árad — to overflow
  • Hungarian: kiárad — to overflow
  • Hungarian: megárad — to overflow
  • Hungarian: szétárad — to overflow
  • Hungarian: kiönt — to overflow
  • Hungarian: özönlik — to overflow
  • Hungarian: áramlik — to overflow
  • Icelandic: hlaupa — to overflow
  • Tuwali Ifugao: lakbi — to overflow
  • Ilocano: lupias — to overflow
  • Italian: allagare — to overflow
  • Italian: inondare — to overflow
  • Italian: straripare — to overflow
  • Japanese: 氾濫する (hanran suru) — to overflow
  • Lubuagan Kalinga: lumay-as — to overflow
  • Korean: 넘치다 (neomchida) — to overflow
  • Latin: inundo — to overflow
  • Latin: diluvio — to overflow
  • Latin: ingurgito — to overflow
  • Latvian: plūdi — to overflow
  • Mansaka: baa — to overflow
  • Mongolian: үерлэх (üjerlex) — to overflow
  • Mongolian: ᠦᠶᠡᠷᠯᠡᠬᠦ (üyerlekü) — to overflow
  • Norwegian: oversvømme — to overflow
  • Polish: zalewać — to overflow
  • Portuguese: transbordar — to overflow
  • Romanian: revărsa — to overflow
  • Campidanese Sardinian: abenai — to overflow
  • Campidanese Sardinian: allagai — to overflow
  • Serbo-Croatian: prepláviti — to overflow
  • Sinhalese: ගංවතුර (gaṁwatura) — to overflow
  • Slovene: preplaviti — to overflow
  • Spanish: inundar — to overflow
  • Spanish: flodear — to overflow
  • Spanish: fludear — to overflow
  • Swedish: svämma över — to overflow
  • Swedish: översvämma — to overflow
  • Tagalog: umapaw — to overflow
  • Turkish: taşmak — to overflow
  • Vietnamese: tràn ngập — to overflow
  • Azerbaijani: basmaq — to cover as if by a flood
  • Bulgarian: наводнявам (navodnjavam) — to cover as if by a flood
  • Czech: zaplavit — to cover as if by a flood
  • Egyptian: b-a-H-G32-mw (bꜥḥj) — to cover as if by a flood
  • Finnish: tulvia — to cover as if by a flood
  • Finnish: hukuttaa — to cover as if by a flood
  • French: inonder — to cover as if by a flood
  • Galician: asolagar — to cover as if by a flood
  • Galician: alagar — to cover as if by a flood
  • Galician: inundar — to cover as if by a flood
  • Galician: anegar — to cover as if by a flood
  • German: überschwemmen — to cover as if by a flood
  • German: überfluten — to cover as if by a flood
  • Greek: πλημμυρίζω (plimmyrízo) — to cover as if by a flood
  • Ancient Greek: κατακλύζω (kataklúzō) — to cover as if by a flood
  • Hungarian: eláraszt — to cover as if by a flood
  • Hungarian: elönt — to cover as if by a flood
  • Italian: allagare — to cover as if by a flood
  • Italian: inondare — to cover as if by a flood
  • Latin: inundō — to cover as if by a flood
  • Polish: zalewać — to cover as if by a flood
  • Polish: zalać — to cover as if by a flood
  • Portuguese: inundar — to cover as if by a flood
  • Portuguese: alagar — to cover as if by a flood
  • Romanian: inunda — to cover as if by a flood
  • Romanian: revărsa — to cover as if by a flood
  • Russian: затопи́ть (zatopítʹ) — to cover as if by a flood
  • Campidanese Sardinian: abenai — to cover as if by a flood
  • Campidanese Sardinian: allagai — to cover as if by a flood
  • Serbo-Croatian: potòpiti — to cover as if by a flood
  • Serbo-Croatian: popláviti — to cover as if by a flood
  • Slovene: preplaviti — to cover as if by a flood
  • Slovene: poplaviti — to cover as if by a flood
  • Spanish: inundar — to cover as if by a flood
  • Spanish: innundar — to cover as if by a flood
  • Tagalog: binaha — to cover as if by a flood
  • Tagalog: mabaha — to cover as if by a flood
  • Telugu: ముంచెత్తు (muñcettu) — to cover as if by a flood
  • Telugu: వెల్లువెత్తు (velluvettu) — to cover as if by a flood
  • Ukrainian: зато́плювати (zatópljuvaty) — to cover as if by a flood
  • Ukrainian: затопи́ти (zatopýty) — to cover as if by a flood
  • Vietnamese: tràn — to cover as if by a flood
  • Bulgarian: заливам (zalivam) — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • Finnish: tukkia — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • Finnish: hukuttaa — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • French: submerger — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • French: noyer — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • Greek: πλημμυρίζω (plimmyrízo) — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • Hungarian: eláraszt — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • Italian: inondare — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • Italian: subissare — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • Polish: zalewać — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • Portuguese: inundar — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • Slovene: preplaviti — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • Tagalog: dumagsa — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • Tagalog: dinagsa — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • Tagalog: binaha — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • Telugu: ముంచెత్తు (muñcettu) — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوغمق (boğmak) — to provide with a large number of quantity
  • French: flooder — to disrupt online conversation
  • Portuguese: floodar — to disrupt online conversation
  • Russian: флуди́ть (fludítʹ) — to disrupt online conversation
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