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Flood

A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.

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Broader term 33

Batch 76% connected

The quantity of bread baked at one time.

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Deal 76% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Fill 76% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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Filling 76% connected

of Fill

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Flock 76% connected

A company or collection of living creatures; -- especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and othe…

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Flow 76% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Heap 76% connected

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

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Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Lot 76% connected

That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

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Mass 76% connected

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

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Mess 76% connected

Mass; church service.

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Mickle 76% connected

Much; great.

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Mint 76% connected

The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.

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Mountain 76% connected

A large mass of earth and rock, rising above the common level of the earth or adjacent land; earth and rock forming an isolated peak or a ridge; an e…

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Muckle 76% connected

Much.

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Peck 76% connected

The fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts; as, a peck of wheat.

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Pile 76% connected

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

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Plenty 76% connected

Full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundanc…

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Pot 76% connected

A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc…

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Raft 76% connected

imp. & p. p. of Reave.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Sight 76% connected

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

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Slew 76% connected

of Slay

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Spate 76% connected

A river flood; an overflow or inundation.

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Stack 76% connected

A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a poi…

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Stream 76% connected

A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel,…

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Tide 76% connected

Time; period; season.

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Wad 76% connected

Woad.

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Narrower term 2

Debacle 76% connected

A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone…

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Effusion 76% connected

The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.

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Manner of action 6

Deluge 76% connected

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

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Drench 76% connected

To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently by physic.

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Flow 76% connected

imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.

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Inundate 76% connected

To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.

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Submerge 76% connected

To put under water; to plunge.

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Swamp 76% connected

Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.

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Derivationally related 6

Deluge 74% connected

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

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Deluge 74% connected

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

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Inundation 74% connected

The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.

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Inundation 74% connected

The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.

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Overwhelm 74% connected

To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; t…

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Overwhelm 74% connected

To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; t…

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See also 2

Deluge 66% connected

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

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Deluge 66% connected

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

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Synonym 10

Alluvion 92% connected

Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank.

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Deluge 92% connected

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

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Flowage 92% connected

An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows.

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Glut 92% connected

To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.

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Inundate 92% connected

To cover with a flood; to overflow; to deluge; to flood; as, the river inundated the town.

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Inundation 92% connected

The act of inundating, or the state of being inundated; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.

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Overflow 92% connected

To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm.

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Oversupply 92% connected

To supply in excess.

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Swamp 92% connected

Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.

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Torrent 92% connected

A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

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