n. a large flow

n. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

n. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

n. the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare

n. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

v. cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"

v. become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"

v. supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"

adj. greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is high"; "he has a high opinion of himself"