Plural of flood
regular plural
The plural of flood is floods.
Forms of flood
| Singular | flood /flʌd/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | floods /flʌdz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Floods in a sentence
- Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- After seventeen days of rain and floods, the 4 am sunrise was a sight for sore eyes.From the entry sight for sore eyes
- Little grew on the farm, after the floods from the hurricane washed away the topsoil.From the entry topsoil
- As regards “famines and floods,” these have long been considered “Acts of God.”From the entry Acts of God
- Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.From the entry river
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 plural of flood
- What is the plural of flood?
- The plural of flood is floods.
- Is flood countable?
- Flood is a countable noun.
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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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