flood vs oversupply what difference
what is difference between flood and oversupply
English
Alternative forms
- floud (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English flod, from Old English flōd, from Proto-West Germanic *flōdu, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from *plew- (“to flow”). Cognate with Scots flude, fluid, Saterland Frisian Floud, Dutch vloed, German Flut, Danish flod, Icelandic flóð, and Gothic ???????????????????????? (flōdus).
Pronunciation
- enPR: flŭd, IPA(key): /flʌd/
- Rhymes: -ʌd
Noun
flood (plural floods)
- A (usually disastrous) overflow of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
- A floodlight.
- Menstrual discharge; menses.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Harvey to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Water as opposed to land.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- Who beheld from the safe shore their floating carcasses and broken chariot-wheels. So thick bestrown, abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, under amazement of their hideous change.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- deluge
- diversion
- inundation
- torrent
Verb
flood (third-person singular simple present floods, present participle flooding, simple past and past participle flooded)
- To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall.
- To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.
- The floor was flooded with beer.
- They flooded the room with sewage.
- (figuratively) To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with.
- (Internet, transitive, intransitive) To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation.
- 1998, “Dr. Cat”, Furry web site plug (on newsgroup alt.fan.furry)
- There’s also a spam filter in the code now, so if someone attempts to flood people’s screens with macros or a bot, everything after the first few lines is thrown away.
- 1998, “Dr. Cat”, Furry web site plug (on newsgroup alt.fan.furry)
- To bleed profusely, as after childbirth.
Antonyms
- (overflow): drain
Synonyms
- (overflow): overfill
- (cover): inundate
- (provide with large number): inundate, swamp, deluge
Derived terms
Translations
References
Anagrams
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Middle English
Noun
flood
- Alternative form of flod
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English flood.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈflɐd͡ʒ/
Noun
flood m (plural floods)
- (Internet slang) a flood of superfluous text messages
Related terms
- floodar
English
Etymology
From over- + supply.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /əʊvəsəˈplʌɪ/
Verb
oversupply (third-person singular simple present oversupplies, present participle oversupplying, simple past and past participle oversupplied)
- To supply more than is needed.
Noun
oversupply (countable and uncountable, plural oversupplies)
- An excessive supply. [from 19th c.]
- 2012, Jurek Martin, ‘A Singular President’, Literary Review, 401:
- He does not like twisting arms, LBJ’s forte, preferring the force of reason, a commodity not in over-supply in the nation’s capital.
- 2012, Jurek Martin, ‘A Singular President’, Literary Review, 401: