land-flood

land-flood
landˈ-flood noun
1. An overflowing of land by water
2. Inundation
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  • Flood (disambiguation) — A flood is an overflow of water onto land.Flood may also refer to:Computing* Network flood, a denial of service attack on a network * Internet Relay Chat flood * Usenet flood * Flooding algorithm, a network routing algorithmFilm and television*… …   Wikipedia

  • flood-plain — lanka statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Per pavasario potvynius apsemiama paupio pieva. atitikmenys: angl. bottom land; flood plain; river flat vok. überschwemmte Flußniederung, f; March, f; Marschland, n; Wiese, f rus. пойма …   Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • FLOOD, THE — FLOOD, THE, deluge (Heb. mabbul) described in the Book of Genesis and brought by God to destroy humankind because of its sinfulness. Outside of the Noah tales in Genesis mabbul occurs only in Psalm 29:10. In Isaiah 54:9 the great flood is called… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • flood — n 1 *flow, stream, current, tide, flux Analogous words: *excess, superfluity, surplus: incursion, *invasion 2 Flood, deluge, inundation, torrent, spate, cataract are comparable when they mean a great or overwhelming flow of or as if of water.… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Flood — (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus; from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See {Flow}, v. i.] 1. A great flow of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flood anchor — Flood Flood (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus; from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See {Flow}, v. i.] 1. A great… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flood fence — Flood Flood (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus; from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See {Flow}, v. i.] 1. A great… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flood gate — Flood Flood (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus; from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See {Flow}, v. i.] 1. A great… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flood mark — Flood Flood (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus; from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See {Flow}, v. i.] 1. A great… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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