Flood
noun
- 1.
- (the flowing of the tide an overflow of water. -the Flood in the Bible, the water that covered the earth in Noah's time, a deluge, a torrent) have a flood ទឹកជន់, ការជោរជន flood of letters ចំនួនដ៏ច្រើន
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ជំនន់ ជោជន់បំពោក
verb — past tense: flooded ; past participle: flooded ; present participle: flooding ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to overflow, to drench, to overwhelm) flood the town ជន់លិច, flood a rice field បង្ហូរទឹកចូល, flood the skin with milk បំពោក
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to spill over, to rise as the tide) rivers flood ជន់លិច, លិចច្រាំង, streets flood ទឹកលិច
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood.
- 3.
- A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency.
verb — past tense: flooded ; past participle: flooded ; present participle: flooding ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) Menstrual disharge; menses.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.