Definitions for floods

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floods flood

Spelling: [fluhd]

IPA: /flʌd/

Floods is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in floods (dfloos).

Definitions for floods

noun

1. a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
2. any great outpouring or stream:
3. the Flood, the universal deluge recorded as having occurred in the days of Noah. Gen. 7.
4. the rise or flowing in of the tide (opposed to ebb).
5. a floodlight.
6. Archaic. a large body of water.

verb (used with object)

1. to overflow in or cover with a flood; fill to overflowing:
2. to cover or fill, as if with a flood:
3. to overwhelm with an abundance of something:
4. Automotive. to supply too much fuel to (the carburetor), so that the engine fails to start.
5. to floodlight.

verb (used without object)

1. to flow or pour in or as if in a flood.
2. to rise in a flood; overflow.
3. Pathology. to suffer uterine hemorrhage, especially in connection with childbirth. to have an excessive menstrual flow.

Origin of floods

before 900; Middle English flod (noun), Old English flōd; cognate with Gothic flōdus, Old High German fluot (German Flut)

Examples for floods

Because the flood of campaign dollars into the state will make Katrina look like a spring shower.

A flood of negative ads on both sides damaged both men, but hurt Udall more, simply because he was the incumbent.

Fortunately, there was just then a flood of evening sunshine in the air.

Uncle Peter stood in a flood of light at the door of his room.

Miss Dasomma threw her arms about her, and broke into a flood of congratulation.

Here the tumult of mingled emotion subsided in a flood of tears.

In our Capitol, Albany lawmakers enjoy a flood of money, personal accounts, and protection for incumbents against attacks.

When the family was fine, or when a cruel employee at the dam was behind the flood, God was left out of the explanation.

If reproved, she would reply with a flood of injurious words.

Brazen cherry-picking of the information in this story inspired a flood of “Bush Was Right All Along!”