flood

flood /flʌd / v

၁။ (က) ရေလွှမ်းမိုးသည်။ ရေကြီးသည်။ The cellar floods whenever it rains heavily.
(ခ) မြစ်ရေလျှံသည်။ damage caused when the Ganges floods ❍ The river burst its banks and flooded the valley.
၂။ လှိမ့်ဝင်လာသည်။ Refugees continue to flood into neighbouring countries. ❍ Cheap imported goods are flooding the market. ❍ The office was flooded with applications for the job.
၃။ ဖုံးလွှမ်းသည်။ ပြည့်လျှမ်းသည်။ Sunlight flooded (into) the room. ❍ The room was suddenly flooded with light.
၄။ ပြန်လည်သတိရသည်။ အောက်မေ့သည်။
A great sense of relief flooded over him. ❍ Memories of her childhood came flooding back.
၅။ (ကာဗရက်တာ) ဆီလျှံသည်။
n
၁။ ရေကြီးခြင်း။ ရေလွှမ်းမိုးခြင်း။ The heavy rain has caused floods in many parts of the country. ❍ We can't get across the fields because the river is in flood (ie has flowed over its banks and caused a flood). ❍ We had a flood in our cellar when the pipes burst.
၂။ ~ (of sth) တစ်လှေကြီး။ တစ်မြုံတစ်မကြီး။ တစ်ပုံတစ်ခေါင်းကြီး။ (ဒေါသ) လှိုင်းထခြင်း။ (အဆဲ)မိုးမွှန်ခြင်း။ a flood of anger / abuse/ complaints ❍ a flood of letters / refugees ❍ The child was in floods of tears (ie was crying a lot).
❏ flooding n [U] ရေကြီးခြင်း။ Widespread flooding is affecting large areas of the south-west.
❏ flood sb out [PHRV ] ရေလွှမ်း၍ထွက်ပြေးရသည်။ Several families were flooded out by a burst water main.