flood in WordNet English dictionary

1. the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
   "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
   flood  inundation  deluge  alluvion 
   
2. an overwhelming number or amount
   "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
   flood  inundation  deluge  torrent 
   
3. the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
   flood  flowage 
   
4. a large flow
   flood  overflow  outpouring 
   
5. light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
   flood  floodlight  flood lamp  photoflood 
   
6. the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
   "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
   flood tide  flood  rising tide 
   

1. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
   "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
   deluge  flood  inundate  swamp 
   
2. cover with liquid, usually water
   "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
   flood 
   
3. become filled to overflowing
   "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
   flood 
   
4. supply with an excess of
   "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
   flood  oversupply  glut