Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land) "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
S: (n) flood, inundation, deluge, torrent (an overwhelming number or amount) "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
S: (n) flood tide, flood, rising tide (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
Verb
S: (v) deluge, flood, inundate, swamp (fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid) "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
S: (v) flood (cover with liquid, usually water) "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"