flod

Middle English

/floːd/

noun
Definitions
  • A waterbody or water in general opposed to land:
  • A flood; a massive or momentous flooding.
  • The rise or peak of the tide; rising tide.
  • The movement of the sea e.g. tide or flow
  • (figurative) Something that flows or issues in abundance.
  • (figurative) A rise, growing or increasing.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English flōd (flood, river) inherited from Proto-Germanic *flōduz (river) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus (overflowing, flood).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pléh₃tus

Gloss

overflowing, flood

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