flood
- noun
- /flʌd/
- Specialized
- Homeowners who have flood insurance and have flood damage should make claims through that insurance.
- flood tide
- ebb and flood
Examples
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There is almost a flood tide now.
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We're on the flood, and it's taking us in.
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Should be just about first quarter flood by then.
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The flood comes every year.
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We must make haste and find the river at its flood.
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Flood tide was about five knots.
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With low tide and rivers in flood, engineers open the floodgates, letting the precious freshwater and its sediment flow.
Academic text (2016) -
During the flood, boats can be seen navigating the rising waters along the coast.
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The beach is usually safe, but it can disappear completely at flood tide.
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As the flood tide begins, the fishermen prepare their nets for the incoming catch.
Synonyms
21
3.5
A time when the sea level rises between low tide and the next high tide
2
4.8
Period when the sea rises toward the shore between low and high tide
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
17
8.2
A great covering of water God sent in the Bible to destroy life, saving Noah and animals in an ark
- Literature
4
6.5
A great flood sent by God in the Bible story of Noah that destroys the world because people are wicked
- Literature
1
7.1
A Bible story of a great flood sent by God that Noah survives with his family in a large boat
- Jargon
1
9.9
A dangerous alien life form in the Halo games that infects and changes other living beings
1
3.5
A very large number of applications for a job or school sent at the same time
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flood for the tide comes from the old word flod meaning 'flow' and was used for the sea when it comes in. So the 'flood' is the time when the tide is rising and the water is coming in.