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flooding out

flooding out is the present participle and gerund of flood out.

Meaning of flood out

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.

Questions about flooding out

What is flooding out the present participle and gerund of?
Flooding out is the present participle and gerund of flood out.

Words near flooding out in the dictionary

  1. floodgums
  2. floodier
  3. floodiest
  4. floodin'
  5. flooding
  6. flooding out
  7. flooding the zone
  8. floodings
  9. floodlamp
  10. floodlamps
  11. floodland

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