1.Definition: a large flow

Related Noun(s):overflow

Category: General

2.Definition: an overwhelming number or amount

"A flood of requests", "A torrent of abuse"

Related Noun(s):deluge, inundation, torrent

Category: General

3.Definition: light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography

Related Noun(s):floodlight, photoflood

Category: Objects

4.Definition: the act of flooding; filling to overflowing

Related Noun(s):flowage

Category: General

5.Definition: the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)

"A tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune"

Category: General

6.Definition: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

Related Noun(s):alluvion, deluge, inundation

Category: General