flood

flood (http://definr.com/flood)

     n 1: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto
          normally dry land [syn: inundation, deluge, alluvion]
     2: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a
        torrent of abuse" [syn: deluge, torrent]
     3: light that is a source of artificial illumination having a
        broad beam; used in photography [syn: floodlight, {flood
        lamp}, photoflood]
     4: a large flow [syn: overflow, outpouring]
     5: the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
     6: the inward flow of the tide; "a tide in the affairs of men
        which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune"
        -Shakespeare
     v 1: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the
          basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images
          flooded his mind" [syn: deluge, inundate, swamp]
     2: cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded
        the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her
        eyes"
     3: fill beyond capacity; "The water flooded the fields" [syn: deluge,
         inundate]
     4: supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis
        shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the
        Orient" [syn: oversupply, glut]
     5: become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during
        the heavy rains"