flooding
Meaning of flooding
noun
- the covering or submerging of normally dry land with a large amount of water.
a serious risk of flooding
- cover or submerge (an area) with water in a flood.
the dam burst, flooding a small town
- arrive in overwhelming amounts or quantities.
sunlight flooded in at the windows
congratulatory messages flooded in
his old fears came flooding back
- (of a woman) experience a uterine haemorrhage.
Old English flōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloed and German Flut, also to flow.
Information about flooding
- The plural form of flooding is: floodings.
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Hyphenation of flooding
flood-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- flooding is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
flooding synonyms
Meaning in flood:
Meaning flood:
Meaning overwhelm or flood with water:
Meaning overwhelm with a flood:
Meaning dip or submerge in a liquid:
Meaning cause (something) to be under water:
Meaning submerge or flood (an area):
Meaning (of a natural force) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely:
Meaning flow rapidly in a steady stream:
Meaning (of liquid, air, gas, etc.) run or flow in a continuous current in a specified direction:
Meaning (of a crowd or a natural force) move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward:
Meaning move somewhere in large numbers:
Meaning (of a group of people) get into or out of a vehicle or space in a disorganized manner:
Meaning (of a number of people) fill (a space) almost completely, leaving little or no room for movement:
Meaning flock or be present in great numbers:
flooding antonyms
Meaning (of a liquid) flow in a small stream:
Translation of flooding
- German: Überschwemmung
- French: inondation
- Italian: allagamento, inondazione
- Portuguese: inundações
- Spanish: inundación
Words that rhyme with flooding
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