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flood
English
Alternative forms
- floud (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English flod, from Old English fl?d, from Proto-West Germanic *fl?du, from Proto-Germanic *fl?duz, from *plew- (“to flow”). Cognate with Scots flude, fluid, Saterland Frisian Floud, Dutch vloed, German Flut, Danish flod, Icelandic flóð, and Gothic ???????????????????????? (fl?dus).
Pronunciation
- enPR: fl?d, IPA(key): /fl?d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Noun
flood (plural floods)
- A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
- (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
- A floodlight.
- Menstrual discharge; menses.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Harvey to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Water as opposed to land.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- Who beheld from the safe shore their floating carcasses and broken chariot-wheels. So thick bestrown, abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, under amazement of their hideous change.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- deluge
- diversion
- inundation
- torrent
Verb
flood (third-person singular simple present floods, present participle flooding, simple past and past participle flooded)
- To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
- To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
- The floor was flooded with beer.
- They flooded the room with sewage.
- (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
- (Internet, transitive, intransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
- 1998, "Dr. Cat", Furry web site plug (on newsgroup alt.fan.furry)
- There's also a spam filter in the code now, so if someone attempts to flood people's screens with macros or a bot, everything after the first few lines is thrown away.
- 1998, "Dr. Cat", Furry web site plug (on newsgroup alt.fan.furry)
- To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
Antonyms
- (overflow): drain
Synonyms
- (overflow): overfill
- (cover): inundate
- (provide with large number): inundate, swamp, deluge
Derived terms
Translations
References
Anagrams
- of old
Middle English
Noun
flood
- Alternative form of flod
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English flood.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?fl?d??/
Noun
flood m (plural floods)
- (Internet slang) a flood of superfluous text messages
Related terms
- floodar
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saturate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin satur?tus, perfect passive participle of satur?re (“to fill full”), from satur (“full”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sæt????e?t/
Verb
saturate (third-person singular simple present saturates, present participle saturating, simple past and past participle saturated)
- To cause to become completely impregnated, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
- 1815, in the Annals of Philosophy, volume 6, page 332:
- Suppose, on the contrary, that a piece of charcoal saturated with hydrogen gas is put into a receiver filled with carbonic acid gas, […]
- 1815, in the Annals of Philosophy, volume 6, page 332:
- (figuratively) To fill to excess.
- To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
- (optics) To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.
Related terms
Translations
Noun
saturate (plural saturates)
- (chemistry) Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.
- 1999, Tom Brody, Nutritional Biochemistry, Academic Press (?ISBN), page 363
- Through formation of a double bond, stearic acid (18:0), a saturate, is converted to acid (18:1), a monounsaturate.
- 1999, Tom Brody, Nutritional Biochemistry, Academic Press (?ISBN), page 363
Adjective
saturate (comparative more saturate, superlative most saturate)
- Saturated; wet.
- (entomology) Very intense.
Further reading
- saturate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- saturate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- saturate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- artuates, taurates, tuateras
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /satu?rate/
Verb
saturate
- adverbial present passive participle of saturar
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.tu?ra.te/
Adjective
saturate
- feminine plural of saturato
Verb
saturate
- second-person plural present indicative of saturare
- second-person plural imperative of saturare
- feminine plural of the past participle of saturare
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sa.tu?ra?.te/, [s?ät????ä?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa.tu?ra.te/, [s?t?u????t??]
Verb
satur?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of satur?
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