flooding

3 definitions found

flooding - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Flood \Flood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flooded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Flooding.]
     1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river
        flooded the valley.
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     2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with
        water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for
        irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as,
        to flood a country with a depreciated currency.
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  Flooding \Flood"ing\, n.
     The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow;
     inundation; the filling anything to excess.
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     2. (Med.) An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from
        the uterus. --Dunglison.
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flooding - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  flooding
      n 1: a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded
           with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either
           averse to them or numbed to them [syn: implosion therapy,
           flooding]