counterflood
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To flood (one side of a vessel) deliberately in order to counterbalance the other side when already flooded, and so prevent capsizing.
Etymology
Prefix from English flood.
Origin
English
flood
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiflood English
- beflood English
- crapflood English
- flood English
- floodable English
- floodage English
- flooder English
- floodest English
- floodeth English
- floodgate English
- floodgum English
- floodlamp English
- floodlands English
- floodless English
- floodlet English
- floodlight English
- floodlike English
- floodmark English
- floodplain English
- floodproof English
- floodwall English
- floodwater English
- floodway English
- floody English
- fore-flood English
- inflood English
- landflood English
- megaflood English
- nonflood English
- overflood English
- photoflood English
- postflood English
- preflood English
- reflood English
- shitflood English
- superflood English
- unflood English
- waterflood English
- flood Portuguese
- floodar Portuguese
- flod Middle English
- flood
- floody
- inflood
- unflood
- beflood
- flooder
- reflood
- floodway
- floodest
- floodeth
- floodage
- preflood
- floodgum
- nonflood
- floodlet
- crapflood
- floodlike
- megaflood
- postflood
- floodlamp
- overflood
- floodgate
- landflood
- floodable
- floodless
- antiflood
- floodwall
- floodmark
- shitflood
- photoflood
- floodlight
- floodlands
- fore-flood
- floodplain
- waterflood
- floodwater
- superflood
- floodproof