ENGLISH: flooding - CREOLE: lavalas



Overview of noun flooding



The noun flooding has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. implosion therapy, flooding -- (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)



Overview of verb flood



The verb flood has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (6) deluge, flood, inundate, swamp -- (fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind")

2. (3) flood -- (cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes")

3. flood, oversupply, glut -- (supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient")

4. flood -- (become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains")



Overview of adj flooding



The adj flooding has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. flooding, in flood, overflowing, swollen -- (overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks")

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