reflooding

1 5.2

Putting water back into an area that was dry or drained

noun
/rɪˈflʌdɪŋ/

: reinhundación

The city implemented a plan for reflooding the drained reservoir to support wildlife.

Examples

He says he needs to excavate before the reflooding continues.

Academic text (2004)
Then succession is again disrupted by drought or reflooding.

Academic text (2007)
The reflooding of the wetlands has helped restore the local ecosystem.
After the reflooding occurred, many new plant species began to thrive in the area.

Synonyms

flooding

vsreflooding

166 2.1

A large amount of water covering land that is usually dry

means the same but occurs again after drying or draining

inundation

vsreflooding

2 7.7

Flooding of land when water covers areas that are normally dry

refers to water covering land again after it had dried

waterlogging

vsreflooding

Specialized

5.3

Soil that becomes full of water so plants cannot grow

describes similar saturation but occurring again after the area had dried

Antonyms

drainage

42 3.5

Removing liquid so it flows away from a place or object

drying up

3.2

A process in which water leaves something until it is no longer wet

How Flooded

deluge

13 6.3

inundation

2 7.7

submergence

2 8.4

reflooding

1 5.2

soaking

4 2.7

wetting

1 1.4

Surface Forms

reflooding singular

refloodings plural

Morphology

reflooding = reflood (transparent) = re + flood + ing

The noun is a regular -ing formation from the verb 'reflood', meaning the act or process of flooding again.

Etymology

Reflooding is made of the prefix re- meaning 'again' and flood meaning 'water that covers land', like in refill or replay. So reflooding means putting the water back into a place — flooding it again.