A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.

The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood.

A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency.

To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.

Any relatively high streamflow overtopping the natural or artificial banks in any reach of a stream and rising above the flood stage.

1) A lensless lantern that produces a broad non-variable spread of light. Floods are used in battens, or singly to light cycloramas or large areas of the stage. 2) To increase the beam size of a focus spot by moving the lamp and reflector towards the lens. "Flood that a bit, please !"

Usually an incandescent light source that is designed to illuminate an area with light of relatively uniform intensity.

a floodlight, specifically a unit that produces a beam of intense light

To cover a sheet with ink or varnish.

A user-defined, screened box that prints on and completely covers a PressWise blank page.

To print an entire sheet completely with ink or varnish

To print a sheet completely with an ink or varnish. Also called painting the sheet. To populate a department with all available staff in order to clear a bottle-neck in the production process.

An attempt to swamp the opposition or an area of the field with sheer numbers of players.

The office issuing a flood/flash flood watch or warning will issue follow-up statements to keep the public fully informed of the most current information. Statements are used to remove geographical areas covered by the original flood or flash flood watch/warning when flooding is no longer a threat or has ended in that area. A statement will not be used to extend the length of time or add area to a watch/warning. In those cases, a new watch or warning will be issued.

This product is used to inform the public and cooperating agencies that current and developing conditions are such that there is a threat of flooding, but the occurrence is neither certain nor imminent. Persons in the watch area are thereby advised to check flood action plans, keep informed and be ready to take necessary actions if a warning is issued or flooding is observed.

to flood an area of the field is to put a lot of receivers there

Flood is the third studio album by They Might Be Giants, and their first with a major label, Elektra Records. It was released in 1990. It was recorded in 1989 at Skyline Studios in New York City.

"Flood" is a song written and performed by Jars of Clay. It is considered by most fans of the band to be their "breakthrough" song, with sudden success coming in both the contemporary Christian music and alternative rock genres. It was released in 1995 on their self-titled debut album, Jars of Clay.

Flood is the third album by Japanese band Boris. Like the previous albums before, it stays lengthy and massively slow, but it shows a sign of notable change with elements of psychadelic rock. The CD is separated into four parts.