Dictionary Check: flood

"flood" is a valid word!

Scrabble 9 points
Words with Friends 10 points

Definition

noun

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

Example: "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
noun

an overwhelming number or amount

Example: "a flood of requests"
noun

light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

noun

a large flow

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noun

the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

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noun

the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)

Example: "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune"

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