flood
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2.4
- noun
- /flʌd/
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oleada
- All communications circuits were jammed by a flood of frantic calls for fire and ambulance service.
- a flood of information
- a flood of ideas
- a flood of refugees
There are like a flood of them flying around the window.
- There are like a flood of them flying around the window.
- Enormous new opportunities and floods of silver go into the West.
- And you look around, we have this flood of information.
- So a flood of flames, what does that mean?
- Like what you you have this just flood of ideas.
- You're allowing a flood of information into the cortex.
- And yeah, and then you go in and it's just a flood of the past.
Examples
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It brought back a flood of old memories.
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The end of Maoist isolation led to an unprecedented flood of foreign investors.
Academic text (1997) -
And you look around, we have this flood of information.
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And yeah, and then you go in and it's just a flood of the past.
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Enormous new opportunities and floods of silver go into the West.
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A spontaneous flood of appreciation for all I've done for the community.
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The elevator doors open to a flood of confused and disoriented doctors trying to escape.
Fiction book (1993) -
Then, like a dam bursting, a flood of confidence flowed into him.
Fiction book (1998) -
The door behind him burst open and a flood of white-jacketed technicians scrambled out.
Fiction book (1996) -
The museum received a flood of visitors during the summer exhibition.
Synonyms
143
4.2
A sudden strong movement forward or upward, like a wave
59
4.1
A large number of people or things arriving at a place
42
4.2
A sudden large flow, for example of water, or a strong expression of feeling
36
5.1
A sudden large number of messages or requests that arrive at once
35
6.8
A large fast stream of questions, messages or criticism sent to someone
21
3.2
An event when water or other things flow over the edge of a container
17
4.4
A large sudden flow of words or feelings from someone
8
6.8
A very large amount of something that arrives at once
7
3.2
A very large wave of water that suddenly rises along the coast and causes damage
1
7.2
A very large number of things that arrive at the same time
A sudden large flow of feelings or help from many people
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
41
8.2
A great covering of water God sent in the Bible to destroy life, saving Noah and animals in an ark
- Literature
2
6.5
A great flood sent by God in the Bible story of Noah that destroys the world because people are wicked
- Jargon
1
9.9
A dangerous alien life form in the Halo games that infects and changes other living beings
- Literature
1
7.1
A Bible story of a great flood sent by God that Noah survives with his family in a large boat
A very large number of applications for a job or school sent at the same time
How Many
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flood is also used as a picture from a large 'flow' of water to describe many things arriving at once, like a flood of messages. That's why we call a sudden, very large number of things a flood — they come in so fast they are hard to handle.