Flooding

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of overflowing or inundating; inundation.
  • noun. The menstrual discharge when excessive; also, hemorrhage after childbirth.
  • noun. A method of applying water for irrigation by permitting it to spread over nearly level ground, with or without restraining checks or small dikes built of earth.
  • In an obsolete use, lavish or profuse.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess.
  • noun. An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from the uterus.
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  • verb. Present participle of flood.
  • noun. An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
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  • noun. 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
  • Word Usage
    "And I can tell you from my inability to get home from work tonight ... the flooding is a pretty big deal."
    Hypernym
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    budding  
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    flood