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FLOODED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Covered with water
Example:
an overflowing tub
Synonyms:
afloat; awash; flooded; inundated; overflowing
Classified under:
Similar:
full (containing as much or as many as is possible or normal)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb flood
Context examples:
Scientists have recovered the first genetic data from an extinct bird in the Caribbean, thanks to the remarkably preserved bones of a Creighton's caracara in a flooded sinkhole on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas.
(Extinct Caribbean bird yields DNA after 2,500 years in watery grave, National Science Foundation)
As I raised the blind, and the morning sunlight flooded the room, I heard the Professor's low hiss of inspiration, and knowing its rarity, a deadly fear shot through my heart.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Then he got out note-book and algebra and lost himself in quadratic equations, while the hours slipped by, and the stars dimmed, and the gray of dawn flooded against his window.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Ordinarily grey and cold and harsh, they were now warm and soft and golden, and all a-dance with tiny lights that dimmed and faded, or welled up till the full orbs were flooded with a glowing radiance.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
That he loved her, on the other hand, was as clear as day, and she consciously delighted in beholding his love-manifestations—the glowing eyes with their tender lights, the trembling hands, and the never failing swarthy flush that flooded darkly under his sunburn.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
