flood

v. inundate; brim over, overflow; submerge, engulf; gush, surge; overwhelm

n. inundation, deluge; torrent; great stream of water; overflow

A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land, a deluge. In the sense of "flowing water", the word is applied to the inflow of the tide, as opposed to the outflow or "ebb".It is usually due to the volume of water within a body of water, such as a river or lake, exceeding the total capacity of the body, and as a result some of the water flows or sits outside of the normal perimeter of the body. It can also occur in rivers, when the strength of the river is so high it flows right out of the river channel , usually at corners or meanders. These of course, are not applicable in such instances as sea flooding.
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Flood natural disaster important in the spread of animal disease and insects and disruption of quarantine areas. flood fever see leptospirosis. [more]Flood - Community and Resources

Noun
1. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
(synonym) inundation, deluge, alluvion
(hypernym) geological phenomenon
(hyponym) debacle
2. an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
(synonym) inundation, 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) oversupply, glut
3. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
(synonym) floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood
(hypernym) light, light source
(part-holonym) photographic equipment
4. a large flow
(synonym) overflow, outpouring
(hypernym) flow, stream
(hyponym) effusion
5. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
(synonym) flowage
(hypernym) filling
6. the inward flow of the tide; "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
(hypernym) flow, flowing
(part-holonym) flood tide, rising tide
Verb
1. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
(synonym) deluge, inundate, swamp
(hypernym) fill, fill up, make full
(see-also) flood in
(derivation) flowage
2. cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
(hypernym) cover, spread over
(hyponym) flow
(see-also) overwhelm, deluge, flood out
(derivation) inundation, deluge, alluvion
3. supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
(synonym) oversupply, glut
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(derivation) inundation, deluge, torrent
4. become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
(hypernym) fill, fill up
(derivation) flowage

[Native American] Numerous narrative tales include the Creator or culture hero who is displeased with the world so in turn causes flooding to purge and purify the world. These narratives fall into the universal tales of the Babylonian Gilgamesh and the Biblical Noah and the Ark, and the Sinking of Atlantis. Above Old Man (Wiyott) destroys the word by water, as does the Arapaho creator Neshanu, and the Pawnee creator causes floods to destroy the giants. Flood narratives recur throughout all the North American tribes supporting the theory that the world had indeed experienced a great deluge that has entered into the mythology of all world cultures.