Flooded

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flood \Flood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flooded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Flooding}.]
     1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river
        flooded the valley.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with
        water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for
        irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as,
        to flood a country with a depreciated currency.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  flooded \flooded\ adj.
     1. covered or overflowing with water.
  
     Syn: afloat(predicate), awash(predicate).
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. filled to overflowing as if with water; as, a desk flooded
        with applications.
  
     Syn: inundated, swamped.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flooded
       adj 1: covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)";
              "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded
              bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub"
              [syn: {afloat(p)}, {awash(p)}, {inundated}, {overflowing}]
       2: rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or
          profusion of something; "a desk flooded with
          applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much
          overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by
          work" [syn: {inundated}, {overcome}, {overpowered}, {overwhelmed},
           {swamped}, {engulfed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "flooded":
     afloat, at flood, awash, bathed, buried, deluged, dipped, drenched,
     dribbling, dripping, dripping wet, drowned, engulfed, immersed,
     in spate, inflood, inundated, macerated, oozing, overflowed,
     overwhelmed, permeated, saturated, seeping, soaked, soaking,
     soaking wet, soaky, sodden, soggy, sopping, sopping wet, soppy,
     soused, steeped, subaqueous, submarine, submerged, submersed,
     sunken, swamped, swept, undersea, underwater, washed, water-washed,
     waterlogged, watersoaked, weeping, weltering, whelmed,
     wringing wet