Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)flood, inundation, deluge, alluvionthe rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land“plains fertilized by annual inundations”
(n)flood, inundation, deluge, torrentan overwhelming number or amount“a flood of requests”, “a torrent of abuse”
(n)flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photofloodlight that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
(n)flood tide, flood, rising tidethe 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)
Verbs
(v)flood, oversupply, glutsupply with an excess of“flood the market with tennis shoes”, “Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient”