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flood

(flŭd)

1. An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.

2. A flood tide.

3. A large amount or number, especially when moving from one place to another: received a flood of applications. See Synonyms at flow.

4. A floodlight, specifically a unit that produces a beam of intense light.

5. Flood In the Bible, the covering of the earth with water that occurred during the time of Noah.

v. flood·ed, flood·ing, floods

v.tr.

1. To cover or submerge with water; inundate: The town was flooded when the dam burst.

2. To move into or fill in large numbers or amounts: People flooded the square. His inbox was flooded with mail.

3. To overwhelm in large numbers: The theater was flooded with ticket requests.

4. To put too much fuel into the carburetor of (an engine), resulting in unsuccessful ignition.

v.intr.

1. To become inundated or submerged: The underpass floods after a heavy rain.

2. To pour forth; overflow: The river floods nearly every spring.

[Middle English flod, from Old English flōd; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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flooding

(ˈflʌdɪŋ)

1. (Physical Geography) the submerging of land under water, esp due to heavy rain, a lake or river overflowing, etc

2. (Pathology) pathol excessive bleeding from the uterus, as following childbirth

3. (Psychology) psychol a method of eliminating anxiety in a given situation, by exposing a person to the situation until the anxiety subsides

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Noun

flooding - a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them

implosion therapy

behavior modification, behavior therapy - psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior

Translations

فَيَضَان

záplava

oversvømmelse

Überschwemmung

πλημμύρισμα

inundación

tulviminen

ennoyageinondation

poplava

allagamento inondazione

氾濫

범람

översvämning

น้ำท่วม

su basması

lũ

泛滥

flooding

[ˈflʌdɪŋ] N → inundación f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

flooding

[ˈflʌdɪŋ] n → inondation f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

flooding

n → Überschwemmung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

flooding

[ˈflʌdɪŋ] n → inondazione f

flooding

→ فَيَضَان záplava oversvømmelse Überschwemmung πλημμύρισμα inundación tulviminen inondation poplava allagamento 氾濫 범람 overstroming flom zalanie inundação наводнение översvämning น้ำท่วม su basması lũ 泛滥

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