FLOOD

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English flōd; akin to Old High German fluot ~, Old English flōwan to flow Date: before 12th century 1. a rising and overflowing of a body of water especially onto normally dry land, a ~ described in the Bible as covering the earth in the time of Noah, the flowing in of the tide, an overwhelming quantity or volume, ~light , II. verb Date: 1663 transitive verb to cover with a ~ ; inundate , 2. to fill abundantly or excessively , to supply an excess of fuel to (as an engine or its carburetor) so that engine operation is hampered, intransitive verb to pour forth, go, or come in a ~, to become filled with a ~, ~er noun