flood

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Woolman answered that the flood was a judgment upon the world for their abominations, and it was granted that Cain's stock was the most wicked, and therefore unreasonable to suppose that they were spared.

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  1. noun An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.
  2. noun A flood tide.
  3. noun An abundant flow or outpouring: received a flood of applications. See Synonyms at flow.
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  • I replied, the flood was a judgment upon the world for their abominations, and it was granted that Cain's stock was the most wicked, and therefore unreasonable to suppose that they were spared. —  The Journal of John Woolman
  • Cleaning up after a flood is a labourious job and claiming on your insurance is even harder. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • In the late 1990s, Columbia University researchers Bill Ryan and Walter Pitman examined the geological evidence and estimated the Black Sea level at the time of the flood was approximately 80 meters lower than present day levels. —  innovations-report
  • They found that the Black Sea level at the time of the flood was around 30 meters below present levels. —  innovations-report
  • Sullivan: Obviously, the flood is the most urgent infrastructure need in Iowa. —  DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS
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tide ·  torrent ·  storm ·  stream ·  rush ·  surge ·  flow ·  burst ·  shower ·  explosion ·  cloud ·  ocean

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flood:   floods ·  flooding ·  flooded
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  1. Middle English flod, from Old English flōd; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. In early modern English often floud, sometimes flud; from Middle English flood, flod, rarely flud, from Anglo-Saxon flōd, flowing water, a river, the tide, a flood, the flood, = Old Saxon flōd, fluod = OFries. flōd, floed = Dutch vloed = Middle Low German vlōt, vloet, Low German flood = Old High German fluot, Middle High German vluot, German flut, fluth = Icelandic flōdh = Swedish Danish flod, flood, = Gothic (Moesogothic) flōdus, a river; with formative -d (-th), from the root of Anglo-Saxon flōwan, English flow, etc.: see flow.
  2. from flood, n.
 

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