flood
1. a. the inundation of land that is normally dry through the overflowing of a body of water, esp a river
b. the state of a river that is at an abnormally high level (esp in the phrase in flood)
2. a. the rising of the tide from low to high water
b. (as modifier): the flood tide
3. Theatre short for floodlight (sense 1)
Flood
1 Henry. 1732--91, Anglo-Irish politician: leader of the parliamentary opposition to English rule
Flood
2 Old Testament the. the flood extending over all the earth from which Noah and his family and livestock were saved in the ark. (Genesis 7--8); the Deluge
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What does it mean when you dream about a flood?
Because water is a universal symbol for the unconscious, a flood dream can indicate being overwhelmed by unconscious material, such as repressed emotions. It can also represent a feeling of being overwhelmed by circumstances in one’s life. Floods are related to initiation, in the sense that they can symbolize the destruction or washing away of the old in preparation for something new. Finally, a flood, as the bursting forth of fluids, can be a sexual symbol.
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flood
[fləd] (electronics)
To direct a large-area flow of electrons toward a storage assembly in a charge storage tube.
(engineering)
To cover or fill with fluid.
(hydrology)
The condition that occurs when water overflows the natural or artificial confines of a stream or other body of water, or accumulates by drainage over low-lying areas.
(mechanical engineering)
To supply an excess of fuel to a carburetor so that the level rises above the nozzle.
(oceanography)
The highest point of a tide.
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flood
for his evilness, man perishes by inundation. [O.T.: Genesis 6: 5–8; 7:4]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
flooding
Various denial-of-service techniques that saturate a critical resource, leading either to system failure or to the exclusion of legitimate access. See email bomb, Fraggle attack, smurf attack and SYN-flood attack.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
Flood
(dreams)Heavy rain and the melting of snow usually cause floods. Water in any form, including rain and snow, symbolizes emotions. Dreaming about being in a flood is an indication that the dreamer is currently experiencing powerful emotions that may be overwhelming. The flood in your dream could represent a very powerful, or even violent, emotionally cleansing experience. But don’t worry, just like in an actual flood, waters recede and so do emotions. Water at times represents the flow of life and this dream may point to your feelings of being overwhelmed by it. Depending on the content of the dream and your emotional experience in it, the flood could also represent sexuality and be a sexual dream symbol.
Bedside Dream Dictionary by Silvana Amar Copyright © 2007 by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Flood
the inundation of an area by water as a result of a rise in the water level of a river, lake, or sea owing to various factors.
A river may flood because of a sharp increase in the amount of water as a result of the melting of snow and glaciers in its basin or as a result of heavy precipitation. Many floods are caused by a rise in the water level when the river channel is jammed with ice owing to an ice drift (ice jam) or when the channel beneath an immobile sheet of ice is blocked by ice that accumulates under the sheet, forming a barrier.
Floods are often caused by winds that drive water inland from the sea, raising the level of a river by backing up the water at the mouth. This type of flood has occurred in Leningrad (1824 and 1924) and the Netherlands (1952). Along seashores and on islands floods may result from the inundation of the coastal zone by a wave formed during earthquakes or volcanic eruptions in the ocean (tsunamis). Floods of this type occur frequently on the shores of Japan and other Pacific islands. Breaks in dams or protective dikes may cause floods.
Floods occur on many rivers in Western Europe, including the Danube, the Seine, the Rhone, and the Po; on the Yangtze and Huang Ho in China; and on the Mississippi and Ohio in the USA. In the USSR there have been heavy floods on the Dnieper (1931) and the Volga (1908 and 1926). The most effective method of combating floods is the construction of reservoirs to regulate the flow of rivers.
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