flooded Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
    flood; inundate; deluge; swamp.
    • the basement was inundated after the storm
    • The images flooded his mind
  2. verb cover with liquid, usually water
    flood.
    • The swollen river flooded the village
    • The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes
  3. verb supply with an excess of
    flood; glut; oversupply.
    • flood the market with tennis shoes
    • Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient
  4. verb become filled to overflowing
    flood.
    • Our basement flooded during the heavy rains
  5. adjective satellite covered with water
    awash; afloat; overflowing; inundated.
    • the main deck was afloat (or awash)
    • the monsoon left the whole place awash
    • a flooded bathroom
    • inundated farmlands
    • an overflowing tub

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