flood

flood
1. noun
1) (a great overflow of water: If it continues to rain like this, we shall have floods.) flom, oversvømmelse, høyvann
2) (any great quantity: a flood of fan mail.) flom, hav
2. verb
(to (cause something to) overflow with water: She left the water running and flooded the kitchen.) sette under vann, oversvømme
3. -lit verb
(to light with floodlights.) flombelyse, opplyse
- floodlit
- flood-tide
flo
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flom
I
subst. \/flʌd\/
1) høyvann, flo
2) oversvømmelse, flom
3) (overført) flod, strøm, vell, flom
4) (overført) bølge, hav
5) (hverdagslig) prosjektør, lyskaster, flomlys
at the flood (overført) i rette øyeblikk
the Flood (bibelsk) syndfloden
this house must be from before the Flood
huset må være fra tidenes morgen
flood and field hav og land
a flood of (overført) en strøm av
floods strøm, flom
she burst into floods of tears
hun gråt så tårene strømmet
floods of people were coming down the street
folk strømmet nedover gaten
the floods were out
det var oversvømmelse
in flood (også overført) over sine bredder
the river is in flood
elven går over sine bredder
the tide is at the flood setide, 1
II
verb \/flʌd\/
1) (også overført) oversvømme, sette under vann
flood the market
oversvømme markedet
2) bli oversvømt, bli overfylt
3) gå over sine bredder, flomme over
4) (overført) flomme, strømme
5) (medisin) forklaring: ha kraftige blødninger fra livmoren
flooded oversvømt, under vann, over sine bredder (om elv)
we were flooded with applications
vi holdt på å drukne i søknader \/ søknadene flommet inn over oss
her eyes flooded with tears
øynene hennes var fulle av tårer
flooded out jaget av flom
thousands of people were flooded out
oversvømmelsen gjorde tusenvis av mennesker hjemløse
flood with light selight, 1

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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