# noun. - an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land. * a flood barrier - an outpouring of tears or emotion. * Rose burst into such a flood of tears and sobs as I had never seen - short for floodlight.
# verb. - cover or submerge (a place or area) with water. * the dam burst, flooding a small town - arrive in overwhelming amounts or quantities. * sunlight flooded in at the windows