flooded

Meanings

• adjective

  Submerged under water or another liquid; having water completely covering the surface.

  - "The city was flooded after the heavy rain."
  - "The basement was flooded during the storm."

• verb

  Cause (an area of land, a building, or other structure) to be covered with water.

  - "The river flooded the village."
  - "The dam failed and the lake flooded the surrounding areas."

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Antonyms

drain , unflooded , uninundated

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Synonyms

inundate , overfill , deluge , inundate , swamp , inundated

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with flooded
ode , code , mode , robe , glode

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Variants

List of all variants of flooded that leads to same result
flooded , flood , flooder , flooders , flooding , floods , flash flood , flash flooded , flash flooding , flash floods

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Etymology

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Old English flod 'river, flood', related to flodian 'to flow'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'flood' is also used metaphorically to describe an overwhelming amount of something, such as information or emotions.

2. The highest flood recorded in history was the 1927 Mississippi River flood, which covered over 27,000 square miles.

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Related Concepts

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1. flash flood: A sudden and rapid flooding of low-lying areas, typically due to heavy rainfall.

2. floodplain: A flat area of land adjacent to a river or other body of water, which is covered with water during a flood.

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Culture

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Flooded has been used extensively in literature and art to depict natural disasters and their aftermath. For instance, in the novel 'The Old Man and the Sea' by Ernest Hemingway, the protagonist's boat is flooded during a storm at sea.

How to Memorize "flooded"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a body of water completely covering the surface of an area or object.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the image of water covering an area or object.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Flowers often like under drenched earth' to remember the meaning of flooded.

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