flooding – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
flooding
n.
inundation, deluge, overflow of water
flood
v.
inundate; brim over, overflow; submerge, engulf; gush, surge; overwhelm
Flood
A
flood is an overflow of water that submerges land which is usually dry. The
European Union (EU)
Floods Directive defines a flood as a covering by
water of land not normally covered by water. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the
tide.
flooding
Noun
1. a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them
(synonym) implosion therapy
(hypernym) behavior therapy, behavior modification
(derivation) deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
Adjective
1. overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks"
(synonym) in flood(p), overflowing, swollen
(similar) high
flood
Noun
1. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
(synonym) inundation, deluge, alluvion
(hypernym) geological phenomenon
(hyponym) debacle
2. an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
(synonym) inundation, deluge, torrent
(hypernym) batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew
(derivation) oversupply, glut
3. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
(synonym) floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood
(hypernym) light, light source
(part-holonym) photographic equipment
4. a large flow
(synonym) overflow, outpouring
(hypernym) flow, stream
(hyponym) effusion
5. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
(synonym) flowage
(hypernym) filling
6. the inward flow of the tide; "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
(hypernym) flow, flowing
(part-holonym) flood tide, rising tide
Verb
1. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
(synonym) deluge, inundate, swamp
(hypernym) fill, fill up, make full
(see-also) flood in
(derivation) flowage
2. cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
(hypernym) cover, spread over
(hyponym) flow
(see-also) overwhelm, deluge, flood out
(derivation) inundation, deluge, alluvion
3. supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
(synonym) oversupply, glut
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(derivation) inundation, deluge, torrent
4. become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
(hypernym) fill, fill up
(derivation) flowage
flood
v.
zaplavit; rozvodnit se; být zaplaven; nahrnout se; zahltit
flood
Czas.
wylewać (się); zalewać; napływać (masowo)
