2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; — opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Shak.
3. 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.
4. Menstrual disharge; menses. Harvey. Flood anchor (Naut.) , the
anchor by which a ship is held while the tide is rising.
— Flood fence, a fence so secured that it will not be swept away by
a flood.
— Flood gate, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing, a
body of water; a tide gate.
— Flood mark, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood,
rises; high-water mark.
— Flood tide, the rising tide; — opposed to ebb tide.
— The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah.
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.
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.
FLOODAGE
Flood"age (; 48), n.
Defn: Inundation. [R.] Carlyle.
FLOODER
Flood"er, n.
Defn: One who floods anything.