verb

 

water If a place floods or is flooded, it becomes covered in water.

The town was flooded when the river burst its banks.

 

fill to fill or enter a place in large numbers or amounts

Light flooded the room.

 

noun

 

water when a lot of water covers an area that is usually dry, especially when a river becomes too full

The flood destroyed thousands of homes.

 

amount a large number or amount of things or people that arrive at the same time

a flood of letters/calls