- flood
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 large amount of waterADJECTIVE▪ catastrophic, devastating, great, severe▪ flash▪ spring, summer, etc.VERB + FLOOD▪ cause▪
Heavy rainfall in the mountains caused the floods.
FLOOD + VERB▪ come▪No one knew that the flood was coming.
▪ hit sth, strike sth▪This summer the region was struck by devastating floods.
▪ inundate sth▪The fields were inundated by heavy floods.
▪ cause sth▪The flood caused widespread destruction.
▪ subside▪The floods are slowly subsiding.
FLOOD + NOUN▪ water (usually floodwater or floodwaters)▪The floodwaters did not begin to recede until September.
▪ plain▪ damage▪ alert (BrE), warning▪ victim▪ control, defence/defense, prevention, protection, relief▪ insurancePHRASES▪ be in (full) flood (esp. BrE)▪The river was in full flood (= had flooded its banks).
2 large number/amountADJECTIVE▪ great▪ constant▪ suddenFLOOD + VERB▪ inundate sb/sth▪She was inundated by floods of fan mail.
VERB + FLOOD▪ bring, cause▪ release, unleashPREPOSITION▪ flood of▪a great flood of refugees
PHRASES▪ a flood of memories (esp. AmE)▪Writing about St. John's brings back a flood of nostalgic memories.
▪ in floods of tears (= crying a lot)▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The little girl was in floods of tears.
verbVERB + FLOOD▪ be liable to▪The area near the river is liable to flood.
PHRASES▪ be badly flooded▪The town had been badly flooded.
▪ flood its banks (AmE) (burst its banks in BrE)▪The river had flooded its banks.
Flood is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑colour, ↑heat, ↑light, ↑pain, ↑refugee, ↑river, ↑sunlight, ↑sunshine, ↑tearFlood is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ear, ↑market, ↑marketplace, ↑mind, ↑street, ↑switchboard, ↑vision
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
