downfloods
downfloods is the third-person singular simple present indicative of downflood.
Meaning of downflood
Verb
downflood (third-person singular simple present downfloods, present participle downflooding, simple past and past participle downflooded)
- To enter a boat, ship, or other vessel through openings that are normally above the waterline.
- Once seawater flowed down (downflooded) to the fourth deck through the ventilation trunks and their unsecured (open) closures, the vessel would have sunk deeper because of the weight of the added water and rolled more easily as it lost its residual righting arm.2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.4.2 Flooding”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro, Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island...
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- Downfloods is the third-person singular simple present indicative of downflood.
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