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flood out

flood out verb: to pour out; to talk volubly.

Verb

flood out (third-person singular simple present floods out, present participle flooding out, simple past and past participle flooded out)

  1. (intransitive) To pour out; to talk volubly.
    • Chloe took a deep breath and it all flooded out. What started off as a stream soon became a rushing river of emotion.2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
  2. To expel by flooding.
    • The heavy rains flooded the inhabitants out of the town.

Forms of flood out

third-person singular presentfloods out
present participleflooding out
past participleflooded out
pastflooded out

Questions about flood out

What does flood out mean?
Flood out means to pour out; to talk volubly.
What part of speech is flood out?
Flood out is a verb.
What is the past tense of flood out?
The past tense of flood out is flooded out.

Words near flood out in the dictionary

  1. flood lamp
  2. flood map
  3. flood maps
  4. flood meadow
  5. flood meadows
  6. flood out
  7. flood pants
  8. flood plain
  9. flood plain toadlet
  10. flood plain toadlets
  11. flood plains

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