flood
noun
1 noun MET of watertuile fem4 fuarlach masc1 flood barrier bacainn tuileflood warning rabhadh tuilte 2 noun of peopleslua masc4 floods of refugees came across the border tháinig teifigh ina sluaite trasna na teorann, phlódaigh teifigh isteach thar teorainnTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 noun of letters, requests, etcrabharta masc4 tulca masc4 maidhm fem2 a flood of forms came in tháinig rabharta foirmeacha isteach 4 noun especially THEAT, PHOT floodlighttuilsolas masc1
verb
5 verb land etc INTRANSITIVEbheith faoi uiscethat road frequently floods bíonn an bóthar sin faoi uisce go minic, bíonn fuarlach ar an mbóthar sin go minic
6 verb river, lake, etc INTRANSITIVEcuir thar bruach sceith verb if the river floods má bhíonn tuile san abhainn, má chuireann an abhainn thar bruach, má sceitheann an abhainn 7 verb tears etc INTRANSITIVEtar ina thuiletar ina thulcatears flooded down her cheek bhí na deora ag teacht ina dtuilte anuas ar a leiceann, bhí sruth deor léi, bhí na deora go fras lena grua 8 verb people, animals, etc INTRANSITIVEpeople are flooding out of the area tá na sluaite daoine ag fágáil an réigiúin 9 verb arrive suddenly, overwhelm INTRANSITIVEthe memories came flooding into his mind tháinig na cuimhní ar ais go tréan chuigedrugs are flooding out of these regions tá drugaí ag teacht ina rabharta as na réigiúin seo 10 verb with large quantity TRANSITIVEplúch verb báigh verb we were flooded with applications bhíomar plúchta ag iarratais, bhíomar ar maos in iarratais 11 verb ENG overfill TRANSITIVE &
INTRANSITIVErólíon 12 verb fill with tears TRANSITIVE &
INTRANSITIVElíon verb 13 verb strike suddenly INTRANSITIVEanger flooded over me tháinig racht feirge orm
TRANSITIVEjealousy flooded my heart líon mo chroí le héad
14 verb suffuse, be suffused TRANSITIVElas verb dearg verb she flooded with embarrassment dhearg sí go bun an dá chluas 15 verb shine brightly INTRANSITIVEleath verb scal verb sunlight flooded through the window bhí an ghrian ag scaladh tríd an bhfuinneog
TRANSITIVEbáigh verb the sun flooded the room with light bádh an seomra i solas na gréine, bhí an seomra lán le solas na gréine