flood
n. வௌளப்பெருக்கு, ஆற்றுப்பெருக்கு, திடீரெனப்புரண்டாடிவரும் வௌளம், நிலமீது பரவும் பெருவௌளம், ஊழிவௌளம், சோனைமாரி, கண்ணீர்ப்பெருக்கு, கூட்டம், திரள், (வினை) வௌளப்பெருக்கெடு, வௌளத்தில் மூழ்குவி, பெருவௌளமாக்கு, பாசன வளம் பரப்பு, மழைவகையில் ஆறுவழிந்தோடும் படி நிரப்பு, மலிவுபெறு பேரளவில்வந்து அடை, நிரம்பு, குவி, பிள்ளைப்பேற்றுக்குப்பிறகு குருதிபெருகி ஒழுகு.
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Flood, n. Etym: [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. flod; akin to D. vloed, OS. flod, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. floedh, Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. flodus; from the root of E. flow. sq. root80. See Flow, v. i.] 1. 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. A covenant never to destroy The earth again by flood. Milton. 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, 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.