ˈdɛl.juːdʒ ˈdɛl.ju(d)ʒ ˈdɛl.juːdʒ ˈdɛl.ju(d)ʒ flʌd flʌd ɡlʌt

ˈɪn.ən.deɪt ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ əʊvəsəˈplʌɪ swɒmp swɑmp cover with liquid, usually water The swollen river flooded the village The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes a large flow become filled to overflowing Our basement flooded during the heavy rains the act of flooding; filling to overflowing fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid the basement was inundated after the storm The images flooded his mind supply with an excess of flood the market with tennis shoes Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography 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 the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land plains fertilized by annual inundations an overwhelming number or amount a flood of requests a torrent of abuse