n. [ OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. flōd; akin to D. vloed, OS. flōd, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. flōð, Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. flōdus; from the root of E. flow. √80. See Flow, v. i. ]
A covenant never to destroy
The earth again by flood. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Flood anchor (Naut.)
Flood fence,
Flood gate,
Flood mark,
Flood tide,
The Flood,
v. t.
n. Inundation. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. One who floods anything. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood;
n. The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. Illuminated by means of floodlights.