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floods out

floods out is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 floods out

What is floods out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Floods out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flood out.

Words near floods out in the dictionary

  1. floodproof
  2. floodproofed
  3. floodproofing
  4. floodproofs
  5. floods
  6. floods out
  7. floods the zone
  8. floodshed
  9. floodsheds
  10. floodtide
  11. floodtides

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