aflood
aflood adjective: flooding.
Adjective
aflood (comparative more aflood, superlative most aflood)
- Flooding.
- Mark Antonine getting upon his pate / Th’Imperiall Trinket, Royall Laureate / Doth point his sparkling sword in Holy blood / Drawn from the Saints, Phlebotomizd, aflood.a. 1730, Edward Taylor, “The Persecution under Mark Antonine”, in Donald E[lwin] Stanford, editor, A Transcript of Edward Taylor’s Metrical History of Christianity, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University...
- […] I ſtepped on-ſhore in the evening, concealing myſelf in a buſh near the water-ſide, whence he took me in as the flat paſſed up along with the tide aflood, on having a quarterly wind.1792 May [1782], David Lowellin, The Admirable Travels of Messieurs Thomas Jenkins and David Lowellin through the Unknown Tracts of Africa; […], London: […] [F]or the Benefit of Robert Barker, page 8
Examples of aflood in a sentence
- A vessel has been known to sail, and to continue her course with the tide aflood, forty-eight hours together.1823, B[enjamin] Mayo, “Of Earth and Water”, in John Wesley, A Survey of the Wisdom of God in the Creation: or A Compendium of Natural...
- Water came in everywhere,—through roof and walls; the floors were aflood.1866, Public Health. Eighth Report of the Medical Officer of the Privy Council. […] 1865., London: […] George E[dward] Eyre and William...
- At periodical intervals they are cleared out, else the city would soon be aflood in its own filth.1881, [Thomas] Mayne Reid, “Por Las Zancas!”, in The Free Lances. A Romance of the Mexican Valley. […], volume I, London: Remington & Co....
- The great cavalry camps at Port Tampa City are on lowland, and were aflood in less than half an hour—a picture of saturated misery, with the colors, blue, yellow and black, well run together.1898 June 2, “South and West. Camps in Both Localities Full of Activity. Gen. Miles, His Family and Staff Get a ‘Right Smart’ Rain at...
Forms of aflood
| comparative | more aflood |
|---|---|
| superlative | most aflood |
Origin of aflood
From a- + flood.
Questions about aflood
- What does aflood mean?
- Aflood means flooding.
- How do you use aflood in a sentence?
- A vessel has been known to sail, and to continue her course with the tide aflood, forty-eight hours together.
- What part of speech is aflood?
- Aflood is an adjective.
Words near aflood in the dictionary
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