flood

noun6

1. •
   an event in which a river or lake rises after heavy rain and its water spreads over dry land
2. •
   (figurative) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
3. •
   A floodlight.
4. •
   The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.

   • There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. — 1599
5. •
   (euphemistic) Menstrual discharge; menses.
6. •
   (no longer used) Water as opposed to land.

   • Who beheld from the safe shore their floating carcasses and broken chariot-wheels. So thick bestrown, abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, under amazement of their hideous change. — 1667

verb5

1. •
   To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.

   • People flooded into the streets in protest.
   • The basement flooded with rainwater.
2. •
   To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.

   • The floor was flooded with beer.
   • They flooded the room with sewage.
3. •
   (figurative) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.

   • The station's switchboard was flooded with listeners making complaints.
4. •
   (Internet) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.

   • There's also a spam filter in the code now, so if someone attempts to flood people's screens with macros or a bot, everything after the first few lines is thrown away. — 1998
5. •
   To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.

noun1

1. •
   The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.