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flooding |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flooding \Flood"ing\, n. The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess. 2. (Med.) An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from the uterus. --Dunglison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flood \Flood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flooded}; p. pr & vb n. {Flooding}.] 1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as the swollen river flooded the valley. 2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as to flood a country with a depreciated currency. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flooding adj : overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks" [syn: {in flood(p)}, {overflowing}, {swollen}] n : a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them [syn: {implosion therapy}]
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