Past tense of flood
regular verb
The past tense of flood is flooded. The past participle is also flooded.
Forms of flood
| Base form (V1) | flood /flʌd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | flooded /ˈflʌdɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | flooded /ˈflʌdɪd/ |
| Present participle | flooding /ˈflʌdɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | floods /flʌdz/ |
Flooded in a sentence
- People flooded into the streets in protest.
- The basement flooded with rainwater.
- I spent most time in Rome because most of Venice is flooded.From the entry most
- When I got back to Hawaii, a feeling of aloha flooded me, and my anxiety vanished.From the entry aloha
- One town was flooded from the storm, while the other town avoided the storm.From the entry avoid
Meaning of flood
- noun An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- noun A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- noun The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb.
Questions about the past tense of flood
- What is the past tense of flood?
- The past tense of flood is flooded.
- What is the past participle of flood?
- The past participle of flood is flooded.
- Is flood a regular or irregular verb?
- Flood is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flood (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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