New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: flooding · floodlit · fold in · look in · flood plain · bloodline · flood out · blend in · crowd in · flood

flood in

1 (v + adv) arrive in large numbers INTRANSITIVEplódaigh isteachpeople are flooding in tá na sluaite daoine ag teacht isteach, tá daoine ag plódú isteachcomplaints flooded in tháinig rabharta gearán isteach 2 (v + adv) light etc INTRANSITIVElight floods into the kitchen tá an chistin lán le solas → see flood

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to be in floods of tears (also to be in a flood of tears)she was in floods of tears bhí sí ag gol go fras, chaoin sí uisce a cinn
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in floodthe river is in flood tá tuile san abhainn, tá an abhainn ag cur thar bruach
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in full flood1 overflowing ag cur thar bruach, ag cur thar maoil, ina thulca2 at its height i mbarr a réime, faoi lán seoilwhen the market was in full flood nuair a bhí an margadh i mbarr a réimethe speaker was in full flood bhí an cainteoir faoi lán seoil
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a flood of forms came in tháinig rabharta foirmeacha isteach
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there's a risk of flooding in this area tá an chontúirt ann go mbeidh tuile sa cheantar seo, tá baol tuilte sa cheantar seo
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there are floods in many places tá tuilte i go leor áiteanna
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the heavy rain resulted in flooding tharla tuilte de bharr na díleann báistí, tharla tuilte mar gheall ar an bhfearthainn throm
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the road was flooded in spots bhí fuarlach ar an mbóthar in áiteanna, bhí tuilte ar an mbóthar thall is abhus
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they were swept away in the flood scuabadh chun bealaigh sa tuile iad, thug an fuarlach leis iad
wash away »

the car was washed clean away in the flood scuabadh an carr ar shiúl sa tuile

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