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beflood

beflood verb: to flood around or about; flood all over; inundate.

Verb

beflood (third-person singular simple present befloods, present participle beflooding, simple past and past participle beflooded)

  1. (transitive) To flood around or about; flood all over; inundate.
    • Why, to suit his hypothesis of pulsion and suction, must, a water-spout be confined to the ocean, like a squirt to the pond, and only upon a rare occasion be raised up or lifted about to splash and beflood the neighbouring shores?1783, The gentleman's magazine, and historical chronicle
    • What waves of tears beflood her face! What dolours rend her aching heart!1856, Catholic Church, Martin Wilson Foye, Romish rites, offices, and legends

Forms of beflood

third-person singular presentbefloods
present participlebeflooding
past participlebeflooded
pastbeflooded

Origin of beflood

From be- + flood.

Questions about beflood

What does beflood mean?
Beflood means to flood around or about; flood all over; inundate.
What part of speech is beflood?
Beflood is a verb.
What is the past tense of beflood?
The past tense of beflood is beflooded.

Words near beflood in the dictionary

  1. befleeing
  2. beflees
  3. beflew
  4. beflies
  5. beflirt
  6. beflood
  7. beflounced
  8. beflour
  9. befloured
  10. beflouring
  11. beflours

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