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Adjective flooded has 2 senses
- afloat, awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing - 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"
Antonym: empty (indirect, via full)
- flooded, inundated, overcome, overpowered, overwhelmed, swamped, engulfed - 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"
Antonym: powerful (indirect, via powerless)
Verb flood has 4 senses
- deluge, flood, inundate, swamp - fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
--1 is one way to fill, fill up, make full
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
- flood - cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
--2 is one way to cover, spread over
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- flood, oversupply, glut - supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
--3 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
- flood - become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
--4 is one way to fill, fill up
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