dictionary definitions for "flooded"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  flooded
      adj 1: covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)";
             "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded
             bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"
              [syn: {afloat(p)}, {awash(p)}, inundated,
             overflowing]
      2: rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or
         profusion of something; "a desk flooded with
         applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much
         overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by
         work" [syn: inundated, overcome, overpowered,
         overwhelmed, swamped, engulfed]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flood \Flood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flooded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Flooding.]
     1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river
        flooded the valley.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with
        water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for
        irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as,
        to flood a country with a depreciated currency.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  flooded \flooded\ adj.
     1. covered or overflowing with water.
  
     Syn: afloat(predicate), awash(predicate).
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. filled to overflowing as if with water; as, a desk flooded
        with applications.
  
     Syn: inundated, swamped.
          [WordNet 1.5]


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