floods

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of flood. Use this form when you mean more than one flood.

   Heavy rains caused floods across the valley last spring.

   The town has seen three big floods in ten years.

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2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular present of flood. Use this form with he, she, it, or one thing.

   Every spring the river floods the low fields by the road.

   When the drain blocks, water floods the basement fast.

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