· an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"

Synonym(s): flood, inundation, torrent

Hypernym(s): batch, deal, flock, good_deal, great_deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite_a_little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy_sum, wad

· a heavy rain

Synonym(s): downpour, cloudburst, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker

Hypernym(s): rain, rainfall

· the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

Synonym(s): flood, inundation, alluvion

Hypernym(s): geological_phenomenon

· fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

Synonym(s): flood, inundate, swamp

Hypernym(s): fill, fill_up, make_full

· charge someone with too many tasks

Synonym(s): overwhelm, flood_out

Hypernym(s): charge, saddle, burden

· fill or cover completely, usually with water

Synonym(s): inundate, submerge

Hypernym(s): flood