noun

1. an overflowing of water on an area normally dry; inundation; deluge
2. the flowing in of water from the sea as the tide rises
3. a great flow or outpouring a flood of words
4. Informal floodlight
5. Archaic
   1. water, as opposed to land
   2. a large body of water, as a sea or broad river

Etymology: ME flode < OE flod, akin to Ger flut: for IE base see flow

transitive verb

1. to cover or fill with or as with a flood; overflow; inundate rain flooded the valley; music flooded the room
2. to put much or too much water, fuel, etc. on or in to flood a carburetor

intransitive verb

1. to rise, flow, or gush out in or as in a flood
2. to become flooded