Слово англійською: flood
Іменник
Переклад flood українською: по́вінь, пото́п, поті́к (вели́ка кі́лькість і т. д.), поті́к ска́ржень
Детальний опис
water
- [countable, uncountable] a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry
- The heavy rain has caused floods in many parts of the country.
- There have been delays to filming as a result of the floods.
- Police have issued flood warnings for Nevada.
- Much had been done in recent years to improve flood defences.
- The insurance does not cover flood damage to gates, hedges or fences.
- an appeal to help flood victims
- the Thames flood barrier
- in flood The river is in flood (= has more water in it than normal and has caused a flood).
see also flash floodWordfinder- avalanche
- cyclone
- disaster
- earthquake
- eruption
- flood
- hurricane
- landslide
- tornado
- tsunami
large number
- [countable] flood (of something) a very large number of things or people that appear at the same time
- a flood of complaints
- We are unable to compete with a flood of cheap food imports.
- The child was in floods of tears (= crying a lot).
- New spam-blocking software should help stem (= stop) the flood.
in Bible
the Flood
[singular] the great flood that covered the world in the Bible story- before the Flood (= a very long time ago)
Word OriginOld English flōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloed and German Flut, also to flow.