flooded

1.5

Covered with water after heavy rain or when a river overflows

adjective
/ˈflʌdɪd/

: inundado

The old basement became flooded during the storm last night.

So we've been looking for him for a while, but they were seeing flooded river.

Examples

After the heavy rains, the streets were completely flooded with water.
They were traversing this flooded area and suddenly and with the cameras continuing to roll, the truck tipped over.
It was a reservation that has been flooded for two weeks.
They're the farmers that just let that had their fields flooded, their rice fields flooded.
Many homes in the village were flooded after the river overflowed its banks.

Synonyms

sodden

vsflooded

10 6.0

Very wet and heavy with water

means being covered by water over an area, not just soaked material

waterlogged

vsflooded

3 5.2

Ground that is full of water and too soft to walk on or grow plants

refers to general covering by water, not just saturated ground

awash

vsflooded

2 4.6

Covered with water or flooded

describes being deeply covered rather than only level with water

inundated

vsflooded

6.1

A place covered with water after heavy rain or a flood

is used for general covering by water, not only extreme overflow events

Antonyms

dry

791 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

Compounds

flooded gum

Australian

9.9

A tall Australian tree that grows in wet soil near rivers

How Flooded

submerged

4.2

flooded

1.5

waterlogged

3 5.2

wet

1 1.0

damp

11 1.0

Surface Forms

flooded positive

Morphology

flooded = flood (transparent) = flood + ed

Standard past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'flood' meaning 'covered or submerged with water'.

Etymology

The word flooded comes from the old word flood, which meant 'a large flow of water' and is related to the familiar word flow. So if a place is flooded, it is 'filled' or 'covered' by that strong flow of water.