{
    "term": "flood",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry",
            "sensetop": "in flood",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The heavy rain has caused floods in many parts of the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There have been delays to filming as a result of the floods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police have issued **flood warnings** for Nevada."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Much had been done in recent years to improve **flood defences**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The insurance does not cover flood damage to gates, hedges or fences."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an appeal to help flood victims"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Thames flood barrier"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The river is in flood *(= has more water in it than normal and has caused a flood)*.",
                    "contextForm": "in flood"
                },
                {
                    "text": "No one knew that the flood was coming."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The flood caused widespread destruction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The floods are slowly subsiding."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This summer the region was struck by devastating floods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The building was evacuated as flood water filled the basement."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Weather", "The environment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["catastrophic", "devastating", "great"],
                "verb + flood": ["cause"],
                "flood + verb": ["come", "hit something", "strike something"],
                "flood + noun": ["water", "plain", "damage"],
                "phrases": ["be in (full) flood"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a very large number of things or people that appear at the same time",
            "sensetop": "flood (of something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a flood of complaints"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are unable to compete with a flood of cheap food imports."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The child was **in floods of tears** *(= crying a lot)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "New spam-blocking software should help stem *(= stop)* the flood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a flood of tributes on social media from fans."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A fundraising page has been set up to help support the family and it has received a flood of donations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Writing about St John's brings back a flood of nostalgic memories."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They took on temporary workers in anticipation of a flood of calls."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was inundated by floods of fan mail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Authorities are struggling to cope with the flood of refugees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A great flood of anger washed through him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Conversation returned, a trickle breaking into a flood."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "constant", "sudden"],
                "flood + verb": ["inundate somebody/​something"],
                "verb + flood": ["bring", "cause", "release"],
                "preposition": ["flood of"],
                "phrases": ["a flood of memories", "in floods of tears"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the great flood that covered the world in the Bible story",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "before the Flood *(= a very long time ago)*"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/flʌd/",
                "audio": "fl/flood/flood__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/flʌd/",
                "audio": "fl/flood/flood__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English flōd, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloed and German Flut, also to flow."
}