inundation – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: great deal,
pile,
raft,
flock,
mess,
peck,
pot,
sight,
wad,
good deal,
deal,
whole lot,
mickle,
stack
inundation
n.
flooding, deluge, overflow
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.
inundation
Noun
1. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
(synonym) flood, deluge, alluvion
(hypernym) geological phenomenon
(hyponym) debacle
(derivation) deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
2. an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
(synonym) flood, 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) deluge, flood, inundate, swamp
Inundation
(n.)
The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
(n.)
An overspreading of any kind; overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx; as, an inundation of tourists.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Inundation
To dream of seeing cities or country submerged in dark, seething waters, denotes great misfortune and loss of life through some dreadful calamity.
To see human beings swept away in an inundation, portends bereavements and despair, making life gloomy and unprofitable.
To see a large area inundated with clear water, denotes profit and ease after seemingly hopeless struggles with fortune.
See Food.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project
