0 to cause to fill or become covered with water, especially in a way that causes problems:
1 to fill or enter a place in large numbers or amounts:
She drew back the curtains and the sunlight came flooding in.
Japanese cars have flooded the market (= a lot of them are on sale).
He was flooded with (= suddenly felt a lot of) joy when his first child was born.
For Proust, the taste of a madeleine brought childhood memories flooding back (= made him suddenly remember a lot of things).
2 a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry:
4 to fill or become covered with water or to cause this to happen to something:
5 to fill or be filled with a large amount or too much of something:
[ I always + adv/prep ] Sunlight floods in through a skylight in the ceiling.
[ I always + adv/prep ] In the 1960s, Cuban immigrants began to flood into Florida.
[ T ] We don’t want them to flood the market with cheap imports.
6 a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry:
8 to enter or leave a place in large numbers or amounts:
Record public spending, fueled by high oil prices, is flooding the country's flourishing economy with cash.
flood in from somewhere Turnover continues to increase as orders flood in from around the world.
flood into/out of sth Foreign money has been flooding into the London property market for several years now.
9 to send something such as letters, emails, or requests in large numbers to a person or organization:
When the river flooded, the footbridge was swept away.
The river burst its banks and flooded the surrounding fields.
The severe cold caused a water main to burst and flood the street.
This coastal area floods every year, so the local people build their houses on stilts.
Wearing scarves and hats which proclaimed their allegiance, the football fans flooded into the bar.
There are few jobs for the peasants who have flooded into the cities from the poverty-stricken countryside in search of work.
Offers of help have been flooding in since news of the disaster first emerged.
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淹沒, (使)充滿水, (使)淹沒…
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inundarse, inundar, riada…
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inundar(-se), transbordar, chegar em grande número…
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sel basmak, sular altında kalmak, dolmak…
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inondation [feminine], afflux [masculine], flot [masculine]…
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