Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To flood over; fill to overflowing.
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- verb archaic To
flood - noun A flood; an
excess orsuperabundance .
Etymologies
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Examples
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One of those months where things get too much and my emotions just overflood.
blu94anjel Diary Entry blu94anjel 2006
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It is a negative one: I want to counteract the misunderstandings which overflood the whole field, especially by the careless mixing of mental and moral influence.
Psychotherapy Hugo M��nsterberg 1889
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His great breast and head were joined by a massive column of throat that gave volume for the coursing of the blood to fire the battery of thought, perchance in a tempest overflood it, extinguish it.
The Tragic Comedians — Complete George Meredith 1868
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His great breast and head were joined by a massive column of throat that gave volume for the coursing of the blood to fire the battery of thought, perchance in a tempest overflood it, extinguish it.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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One hand carried her candle, the light of which fell on her pale face, with its halo of blackness -- her hair, which looked like a well of darkness, that threatened to break from its bonds and overflood the room with a second night, dark enough to blot out that which was now looking in, treeful and deep, at the uncurtained windows.
David Elginbrod George MacDonald 1864
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He would have been a stern man, but for an unusual amount of reverence that seemed to overflood the sternness, and change it into strong love.
David Elginbrod George MacDonald 1864
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I shall try not to overflood this place with insects, which I acknowledge the fact that some of you have certain repulsion towards small creatures.
Robin 2010
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We need to overflood their emails and phones and march down to their offices.
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a massive column of throat that gave volume for the coursing of the blood to fire the battery of thought, perchance in a tempest overflood it, extinguish it.
The Tragic Comedians — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868
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