| slovo | definícia |
flood
(mass) | flood
- potopa, zakúriť |
flood
(encz) | flood,potopa n: Zdeněk Brož |
flood
(encz) | flood,povodeň n: |
flood
(encz) | flood,rozvodnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
flood
(encz) | flood,rozvodnit se Zdeněk Brož |
flood
(encz) | flood,záplava n: Hynek Hanke |
flood
(encz) | flood,zaplavení n: Zdeněk Brož |
flood
(encz) | flood,zaplavit v: Zdeněk Brož |
flood
(encz) | flood,zátopa [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
flood
(encz) | flood,zatopit v: |
flood
(encz) | flood,zatopovat v: |
Flood
(gcide) | Flood \Flood\ (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood,
AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G.
flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus;
from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See Flow, v. i.]
1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing
stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water,
rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus
covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.
[1913 Webster]
A covenant never to destroy
The earth again by flood. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise
of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young
flood; high flood.
[1913 Webster]
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood
of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely
diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of
bank notes; a flood of paper currency.
[1913 Webster]
4. Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey.
[1913 Webster]
Flood anchor (Naut.), the anchor by which a ship is held
while the tide is rising.
Flood fence, a fence so secured that it will not be swept
away by a flood.
Flood gate, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or
releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.
Flood mark, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood,
rises; high-water mark.
Flood tide, the rising tide; -- opposed to ebb tide.
The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah.
[1913 Webster] |
Flood
(gcide) | Flood \Flood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flooded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flooding.]
1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river
flooded the valley.
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2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with
water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for
irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as,
to flood a country with a depreciated currency.
[1913 Webster] |
flood
(wn) | flood
n 1: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto
normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual
inundations" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge,
alluvion]
2: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a
torrent of abuse" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge,
torrent]
3: light that is a source of artificial illumination having a
broad beam; used in photography [syn: flood, floodlight,
flood lamp, photoflood]
4: a large flow [syn: flood, overflow, outpouring]
5: the act of flooding; filling to overflowing [syn: flood,
flowage]
6: the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the
following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which,
taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare [syn:
flood tide, flood, rising tide] [ant: ebbtide]
v 1: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the
basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images
flooded his mind" [syn: deluge, flood, inundate,
swamp]
2: cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded
the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
3: supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis
shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"
[syn: flood, oversupply, glut]
4: become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during
the heavy rains" |
flood
(foldoc) | flood
On a real-time network (whether at the level of
TCP/IP, or at the level of, say, IRC), to send a huge
amount of data to another user (or a group of users, in a
channel) in an attempt to annoy him, lock his terminal, or to
overflow his network buffer and thus lose his network
connection.
The basic principles of flooding are that you should have
better network bandwidth than the person you're trying to
flood, and that what you do to flood them (e.g., generate ping
requests) should be *less* resource-expensive for your machine
to produce than for the victim's machine to deal with. There
is also the corrolary that you should avoid being caught.
Failure to follow these principles regularly produces
hilarious results, e.g., an IRC user flooding himself off the
network while his intended victim is unharmed, the attacker's
flood attempt being detected, and him being banned from the
network in semi-perpetuity.
See also pingflood, clonebot and botwar.
[Jargon File]
(1997-04-07)
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flood
(jargon) | flood
v.
[common]
1. To overwhelm a network channel with mechanically-generated traffic;
especially used of IP, TCP/IP, UDP, or ICMP denial-of-service attacks.
2. To dump large amounts of text onto an IRC channel. This is especially
rude when the text is uninteresting and the other users are trying to carry
on a serious conversation. Also used in a similar sense on Usenet.
3. [Usenet] To post an unusually large number or volume of files on a
related topic.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
100-year flood
(encz) | 100-year flood,stoletá povodeň n: [eko.] Ivan Masár100-year flood,stoletá voda n: [eko.] Ivan Masár |
admissible flooding time
(encz) | admissible flooding time,přípustná doba zaplavení [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
antiflood protective structure
(encz) | antiflood protective structure,bezpečnostní protipovodňová
stavba [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
before the flood
(encz) | before the Flood,předpotopní Zdeněk Brož |
contour ditch flooding zone
(encz) | contour ditch flooding zone,přeronový pás [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
flash flood
(encz) | flash flood,povodeň Zdeněk Brožflash flood,velká voda n: Zdeněk Brož |
flashflood
(encz) | flashflood, n: |
flood control
(encz) | flood control, n: |
flood fill
(encz) | flood fill,semínkové vyplňování [fráz.] [it.] z oboru počítačová grafika
(CG) web |
flood in
(encz) | flood in, v: |
flood irrigation
(encz) | flood irrigation,závlaha výtopou [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
flood lamp
(encz) | flood lamp, n: |
flood line
(encz) | flood line,zátopová čára [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
flood out
(encz) | flood out,zaplavit v: Zdeněk Brož |
flood plain
(encz) | flood plain, n: |
flood tide
(encz) | flood tide,příliv n: Zdeněk Brož |
flooded
(encz) | flooded,zaplavený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
flooded area
(encz) | flooded area,zatopená plocha [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
flooded gum
(encz) | flooded gum, n: |
floodgate
(encz) | floodgate,zdymadlo Zdeněk Brož |
floodhead
(encz) | floodhead, n: |
flooding
(encz) | flooding,inundace [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačflooding,záplava n: Zdeněk Brožflooding,závlaha přeronem [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
flooding area
(encz) | flooding area,inundační území [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
flooding bassin
(encz) | flooding bassin,výtopová nádrž [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
floodlight
(encz) | floodlight,světlomet n: Zdeněk Brož |
floodlighted
(encz) | floodlighted, adj: |
floodlit
(encz) | floodlit,nasvícený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
floodplain
(encz) | floodplain,niva [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskačfloodplain,záplavové území Zdeněk Brož |
floodplain forrest
(encz) | floodplain forrest,lužní les [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
floods
(encz) | floods,záplavy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
floodwater
(encz) | floodwater, |
floodwater irrigation
(encz) | floodwater irrigation,povodňovací závlaha [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
historical flood
(encz) | historical flood,historická povodeň [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
in flood
(encz) | in flood, adj: |
one-hundred-year flood
(encz) | one-hundred-year flood,stoletá povodeň n: [eko.] Ivan Masárone-hundred-year flood,stoletá voda n: [eko.] Ivan Masár |
photoflood
(encz) | photoflood, n: |
Flood
(gcide) | Flood \Flood\ (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood,
AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G.
flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus;
from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See Flow, v. i.]
1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing
stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water,
rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus
covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.
[1913 Webster]
A covenant never to destroy
The earth again by flood. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise
of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young
flood; high flood.
[1913 Webster]
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood
of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely
diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of
bank notes; a flood of paper currency.
[1913 Webster]
4. Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey.
[1913 Webster]
Flood anchor (Naut.), the anchor by which a ship is held
while the tide is rising.
Flood fence, a fence so secured that it will not be swept
away by a flood.
Flood gate, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or
releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.
Flood mark, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood,
rises; high-water mark.
Flood tide, the rising tide; -- opposed to ebb tide.
The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah.
[1913 Webster]Flood \Flood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flooded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flooding.]
1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river
flooded the valley.
[1913 Webster]
2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with
water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for
irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as,
to flood a country with a depreciated currency.
[1913 Webster] |
Flood anchor
(gcide) | Flood \Flood\ (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood,
AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G.
flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus;
from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See Flow, v. i.]
1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing
stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water,
rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus
covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.
[1913 Webster]
A covenant never to destroy
The earth again by flood. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise
of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young
flood; high flood.
[1913 Webster]
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood
of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely
diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of
bank notes; a flood of paper currency.
[1913 Webster]
4. Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey.
[1913 Webster]
Flood anchor (Naut.), the anchor by which a ship is held
while the tide is rising.
Flood fence, a fence so secured that it will not be swept
away by a flood.
Flood gate, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or
releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.
Flood mark, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood,
rises; high-water mark.
Flood tide, the rising tide; -- opposed to ebb tide.
The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah.
[1913 Webster] |
Flood fence
(gcide) | Flood \Flood\ (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood,
AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G.
flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus;
from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See Flow, v. i.]
1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing
stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water,
rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus
covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.
[1913 Webster]
A covenant never to destroy
The earth again by flood. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise
of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young
flood; high flood.
[1913 Webster]
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood
of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely
diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of
bank notes; a flood of paper currency.
[1913 Webster]
4. Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey.
[1913 Webster]
Flood anchor (Naut.), the anchor by which a ship is held
while the tide is rising.
Flood fence, a fence so secured that it will not be swept
away by a flood.
Flood gate, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or
releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.
Flood mark, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood,
rises; high-water mark.
Flood tide, the rising tide; -- opposed to ebb tide.
The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah.
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Flood gate
(gcide) | Flood \Flood\ (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood,
AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G.
flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus;
from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See Flow, v. i.]
1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing
stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water,
rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus
covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.
[1913 Webster]
A covenant never to destroy
The earth again by flood. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise
of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young
flood; high flood.
[1913 Webster]
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood
of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely
diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of
bank notes; a flood of paper currency.
[1913 Webster]
4. Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey.
[1913 Webster]
Flood anchor (Naut.), the anchor by which a ship is held
while the tide is rising.
Flood fence, a fence so secured that it will not be swept
away by a flood.
Flood gate, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or
releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.
Flood mark, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood,
rises; high-water mark.
Flood tide, the rising tide; -- opposed to ebb tide.
The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah.
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Flood mark
(gcide) | Flood \Flood\ (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood,
AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G.
flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus;
from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See Flow, v. i.]
1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing
stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water,
rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus
covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.
[1913 Webster]
A covenant never to destroy
The earth again by flood. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise
of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young
flood; high flood.
[1913 Webster]
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood
of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely
diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of
bank notes; a flood of paper currency.
[1913 Webster]
4. Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey.
[1913 Webster]
Flood anchor (Naut.), the anchor by which a ship is held
while the tide is rising.
Flood fence, a fence so secured that it will not be swept
away by a flood.
Flood gate, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or
releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.
Flood mark, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood,
rises; high-water mark.
Flood tide, the rising tide; -- opposed to ebb tide.
The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah.
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Flood tide
(gcide) | Flood \Flood\ (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood,
AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G.
flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus;
from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See Flow, v. i.]
1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing
stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water,
rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus
covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.
[1913 Webster]
A covenant never to destroy
The earth again by flood. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise
of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young
flood; high flood.
[1913 Webster]
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood
of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely
diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of
bank notes; a flood of paper currency.
[1913 Webster]
4. Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey.
[1913 Webster]
Flood anchor (Naut.), the anchor by which a ship is held
while the tide is rising.
Flood fence, a fence so secured that it will not be swept
away by a flood.
Flood gate, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or
releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.
Flood mark, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood,
rises; high-water mark.
Flood tide, the rising tide; -- opposed to ebb tide.
The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah.
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Floodage
(gcide) | Floodage \Flood"age\ (?; 48), n.
Inundation. [R.] --Carlyle.
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flooded
(gcide) | flooded \flooded\ adj.
1. covered or overflowing with water.
Syn: afloat(predicate), awash(predicate).
[WordNet 1.5]
2. filled to overflowing as if with water; as, a desk flooded
with applications.
Syn: inundated, swamped.
[WordNet 1.5]Flood \Flood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flooded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flooding.]
1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river
flooded the valley.
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2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with
water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for
irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as,
to flood a country with a depreciated currency.
[1913 Webster] |
Flooded
(gcide) | flooded \flooded\ adj.
1. covered or overflowing with water.
Syn: afloat(predicate), awash(predicate).
[WordNet 1.5]
2. filled to overflowing as if with water; as, a desk flooded
with applications.
Syn: inundated, swamped.
[WordNet 1.5]Flood \Flood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flooded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flooding.]
1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river
flooded the valley.
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2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with
water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for
irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as,
to flood a country with a depreciated currency.
[1913 Webster] |
flooded inundated swamped
(gcide) | filled \filled\ adj.
1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal;
as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of empty. [Narrower
terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding
with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full
of(predicate), overflowing, overflowing with(predicate),
rich in(predicate), rife with(predicate), thick
with(predicate)}; {brimful, brimful of(predicate),
brimfull, brimfull of(predicate), brimming, brimming
with(predicate)}; {chockablock(predicate),
chock-full(predicate), chockfull(predicate),
chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate),
chuck-full(predicate), cram full}; congested, engorged;
{crawling with(predicate), overrun with, swarming,
swarming with(predicate), teeming, teeming
with(predicate)}; {flooded, inundated, swamped ; {glutted,
overfull}; {heavy with(predicate) ; {laden, loaded ;
overladen, overloaded ; {stuffed ; {stuffed; {well-lined
]
Syn: full.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. entirely of one substance with no holes inside. Opposite
of hollow.
Syn: solid.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. having appointments throughout the course of a period; --
of an appointment schedule; as, My calendar is filled for
the week. Opposite of unoccupied and free
Syn: occupied.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Flooder
(gcide) | Flooder \Flood"er\, n.
One who floods anything.
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floodhead
(gcide) | floodhead \floodhead\ n.
a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood; as, we were lucky
to be safe when the floodheads hit..
[WordNet 1.5] |
Flooding
(gcide) | Flooding \Flood"ing\, n.
The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow;
inundation; the filling anything to excess.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from
the uterus. --Dunglison.
[1913 Webster]Flood \Flood\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flooded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flooding.]
1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river
flooded the valley.
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2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with
water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for
irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as,
to flood a country with a depreciated currency.
[1913 Webster] |
floodlit
(gcide) | floodlit \floodlit\ adj.
Illuminated by means of floodlights.
Syn: floodlighted.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Landflood
(gcide) | Landflood \Land"flood`\, n.
An overflowing of land by river; an inundation; a freshet.
--Clarendon.
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Sand flood
(gcide) | Sand \Sand\, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant,
Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.]
1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not
reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose
grains, which are not coherent when wet.
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That finer matter, called sand, is no other than
very small pebbles. --Woodward.
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2. A single particle of such stone. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of
time; the term or extent of one's life.
[1913 Webster]
The sands are numbered that make up my life. --Shak.
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4. pl. Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of
Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed
by the ebb of the tide. "The Libyan sands." --Milton. "The
sands o' Dee." --C. Kingsley.
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5. Courage; pluck; grit. [Slang]
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Sand badger (Zool.), the Japanese badger (Meles ankuma).
Sand bag.
(a) A bag filled with sand or earth, used for various
purposes, as in fortification, for ballast, etc.
(b) A long bag filled with sand, used as a club by
assassins.
Sand ball, soap mixed with sand, made into a ball for use
at the toilet.
Sand bath.
(a) (Chem.) A vessel of hot sand in a laboratory, in which
vessels that are to be heated are partially immersed.
(b) A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
Sand bed, a thick layer of sand, whether deposited
naturally or artificially; specifically, a thick layer of
sand into which molten metal is run in casting, or from a
reducing furnace.
Sand birds (Zool.), a collective name for numerous species
of limicoline birds, such as the sandpipers, plovers,
tattlers, and many others; -- called also shore birds.
Sand blast, a process of engraving and cutting glass and
other hard substances by driving sand against them by a
steam jet or otherwise; also, the apparatus used in the
process.
Sand box.
(a) A box with a perforated top or cover, for sprinkling
paper with sand.
(b) A box carried on locomotives, from which sand runs on
the rails in front of the driving wheel, to prevent
slipping.
Sand-box tree (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Hura
crepitans}). Its fruit is a depressed many-celled woody
capsule which, when completely dry, bursts with a loud
report and scatters the seeds. See Illust. of Regma.
Sand bug (Zool.), an American anomuran crustacean ({Hippa
talpoidea}) which burrows in sandy seabeaches. It is often
used as bait by fishermen. See Illust. under Anomura.
Sand canal (Zool.), a tubular vessel having a calcareous
coating, and connecting the oral ambulacral ring with the
madreporic tubercle. It appears to be excretory in
function.
Sand cock (Zool.), the redshank. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand collar. (Zool.) Same as Sand saucer, below.
Sand crab. (Zool.)
(a) The lady crab.
(b) A land crab, or ocypodian.
Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the
coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes
lameness.
Sand cricket (Zool.), any one of several species of large
terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and
allied genera, native of the sandy plains of the Western
United States.
Sand cusk (Zool.), any ophidioid fish. See Illust. under
Ophidioid.
Sand dab (Zool.), a small American flounder ({Limanda
ferruginea}); -- called also rusty dab. The name is also
applied locally to other allied species.
Sand darter (Zool.), a small etheostomoid fish of the Ohio
valley (Ammocrypta pellucida).
Sand dollar (Zool.), any one of several species of small
flat circular sea urchins, which live on sandy bottoms,
especially Echinarachnius parma of the American coast.
Sand drift, drifting sand; also, a mound or bank of drifted
sand.
Sand eel. (Zool.)
(a) A lant, or launce.
(b) A slender Pacific Ocean fish of the genus
Gonorhynchus, having barbels about the mouth.
Sand flag, sandstone which splits up into flagstones.
Sand flea. (Zool.)
(a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in,
sandy places, especially the common dog flea.
(b) The chigoe.
(c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or
orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach.
Sand flood, a vast body of sand borne along by the wind.
--James Bruce.
Sand fluke. (Zool.)
(a) The sandnecker.
(b) The European smooth dab ({Pleuronectes
microcephalus}); -- called also kitt, marysole,
smear dab, town dab.
Sand fly (Zool.), any one of several species of small
dipterous flies of the genus Simulium, abounding on
sandy shores, especially Simulium nocivum of the United
States. They are very troublesome on account of their
biting habits. Called also no-see-um, punky, and
midge.
Sand gall. (Geol.) See Sand pipe, below.
Sand grass (Bot.), any species of grass which grows in
sand; especially, a tufted grass (Triplasis purpurea)
with numerous bearded joints, and acid awl-shaped leaves,
growing on the Atlantic coast.
Sand grouse (Zool.), any one of many species of Old World
birds belonging to the suborder Pterocletes, and
resembling both grouse and pigeons. Called also {rock
grouse}, rock pigeon, and ganga. They mostly belong to
the genus Pterocles, as the common Indian species
(Pterocles exustus). The large sand grouse ({Pterocles
arenarius}), the painted sand grouse ({Pterocles
fasciatus}), and the pintail sand grouse ({Pterocles
alchata}) are also found in India. See Illust. under
Pterocletes.
Sand hill, a hill of sand; a dune.
Sand-hill crane (Zool.), the American brown crane ({Grus
Mexicana}).
Sand hopper (Zool.), a beach flea; an orchestian.
Sand hornet (Zool.), a sand wasp.
Sand lark. (Zool.)
(a) A small lark (Alaudala raytal), native of India.
(b) A small sandpiper, or plover, as the ringneck, the
sanderling, and the common European sandpiper.
(c) The Australian red-capped dotterel ({Aegialophilus
ruficapillus}); -- called also red-necked plover.
Sand launce (Zool.), a lant, or launce.
Sand lizard (Zool.), a common European lizard ({Lacerta
agilis}).
Sand martin (Zool.), the bank swallow.
Sand mole (Zool.), the coast rat.
Sand monitor (Zool.), a large Egyptian lizard ({Monitor
arenarius}) which inhabits dry localities.
Sand mouse (Zool.), the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Sand myrtle. (Bot.) See under Myrtle.
Sand partridge (Zool.), either of two small Asiatic
partridges of the genus Ammoperdix. The wings are long
and the tarsus is spurless. One species ({Ammoperdix
Heeji}) inhabits Palestine and Arabia. The other species
(Ammoperdix Bonhami), inhabiting Central Asia, is called
also seesee partridge, and teehoo.
Sand picture, a picture made by putting sand of different
colors on an adhesive surface.
Sand pike. (Zool.)
(a) The sauger.
(b) The lizard fish.
Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a
whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like
those of the Sahara and Mongolia.
Sand pipe (Geol.), a tubular cavity, from a few inches to
several feet in depth, occurring especially in calcareous
rocks, and often filled with gravel, sand, etc.; -- called
also sand gall.
Sand pride (Zool.), a small British lamprey now considered
to be the young of larger species; -- called also {sand
prey}.
Sand pump, in artesian well boring, a long, slender bucket
with a valve at the bottom for raising sand from the well.
Sand rat (Zool.), the pocket gopher.
Sand rock, a rock made of cemented sand.
Sand runner (Zool.), the turnstone.
Sand saucer (Zool.), the mass of egg capsules, or oothecae,
of any mollusk of the genus Natica and allied genera. It
has the shape of a bottomless saucer, and is coated with
fine sand; -- called also sand collar.
Sand screw (Zool.), an amphipod crustacean ({Lepidactylis
arenarius}), which burrows in the sandy seabeaches of
Europe and America.
Sand shark (Zool.), an American shark ({Odontaspis
littoralis}) found on the sandy coasts of the Eastern
United States; -- called also gray shark, and {dogfish
shark}. See Illust. under Remora.
Sand skink (Zool.), any one of several species of Old World
lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated
sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe.
Sand skipper (Zool.), a beach flea, or orchestian.
Sand smelt (Zool.), a silverside.
Sand snake. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of harmless burrowing
snakes of the genus Eryx, native of Southern Europe,
Africa, and Asia, especially Eryx jaculus of India
and Eryx Johnii, used by snake charmers.
(b) Any innocuous South African snake of the genus
Psammophis, especially Psammophis sibilans.
Sand snipe (Zool.), the sandpiper.
Sand star (Zool.), an ophiurioid starfish living on sandy
sea bottoms; a brittle star.
Sand storm, a cloud of sand driven violently by the wind.
Sand sucker, the sandnecker.
Sand swallow (Zool.), the bank swallow. See under Bank.
Sand trap, (Golf) a shallow pit on a golf course having a
layer of sand in it, usually located near a green, and
designed to function as a hazard, due to the difficulty of
hitting balls effectively from such a position.
Sand tube, a tube made of sand. Especially:
(a) A tube of vitrified sand, produced by a stroke of
lightning; a fulgurite.
(b) (Zool.) Any tube made of cemented sand.
(c) (Zool.) In starfishes, a tube having calcareous
particles in its wall, which connects the oral water
tube with the madreporic plate.
Sand viper. (Zool.) See Hognose snake.
Sand wasp (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
hymenopterous insects belonging to the families
Pompilidae and Spheridae, which dig burrows in sand.
The female provisions the nest with insects or spiders
which she paralyzes by stinging, and which serve as food
for her young.
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Snow flood
(gcide) | Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[=a]w; akin to D. sneeuw,
OS. & OHG. sn[=e]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[=o]r,
snaj[=a]r, Sw. sn["o], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith.
sn["e]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix,
nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[imac]wan to snow, G.
schneien, OHG. sn[imac]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows,
Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or
sticky. [root]172.]
1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent
crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth,
exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect
forms.
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Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are
of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad,
snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed,
snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding,
snow-wrought, and the like.
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2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color
(argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in,
flakes.
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The field of snow with eagle of black therein.
--Chaucer.
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Red snow. See under Red.
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Snow bunting. (Zool.) See Snowbird, 1.
Snow cock (Zool.), the snow pheasant.
Snow flea (Zool.), a small black leaping poduran
(Achorutes nivicola) often found in winter on the snow
in vast numbers.
Snow flood, a flood from melted snow.
Snow flower (Bot.), the fringe tree.
Snow fly, or Snow insect (Zool.), any one of several
species of neuropterous insects of the genus Boreus. The
male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These
insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow
in great numbers.
Snow gnat (Zool.), any wingless dipterous insect of the
genus Chionea found running on snow in winter.
Snow goose (Zool.), any one of several species of arctic
geese of the genus Chen. The common snow goose ({Chen
hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in
winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and
legs and bill red. Called also white brant, wavey, and
Texas goose. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({Chen
coerulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish
gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper
part of the neck white. Called also white head,
white-headed goose, and bald brant.
Snow leopard (Zool.), the ounce.
Snow line, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this
is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the
equator, 16,000 feet.
Snow mouse (Zool.), a European vole (Arvicola nivalis)
which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.
Snow pheasant (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus Tetraogallus,
native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The Himalayn snow
pheasant (Tetraogallus Himalayensis) in the best-known
species. Called also snow cock, and snow chukor.
Snow partridge. (Zool.) See under Partridge.
Snow pigeon (Zool.), a pigeon (Columba leuconota) native
of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump are
white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are black.
Snow plant (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes
sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of
California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled
to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots
up.
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The Flood
(gcide) | Flood \Flood\ (fl[u^]d), n. [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood,
AS. fl[=o]d; akin to D. vloed, OS. fl[=o]d, OHG. fluot, G.
flut, Icel. fl[=o][eth], Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. fl[=o]dus;
from the root of E. flow. [root]80. See Flow, v. i.]
1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing
stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water,
rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus
covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation.
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A covenant never to destroy
The earth again by flood. --Milton.
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2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise
of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young
flood; high flood.
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
--Shak.
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3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood
of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely
diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of
bank notes; a flood of paper currency.
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4. Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey.
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Flood anchor (Naut.), the anchor by which a ship is held
while the tide is rising.
Flood fence, a fence so secured that it will not be swept
away by a flood.
Flood gate, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or
releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.
Flood mark, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood,
rises; high-water mark.
Flood tide, the rising tide; -- opposed to ebb tide.
The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah.
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Waterflood
(gcide) | Waterflood \Wa"ter*flood`\, n. [AS. w[ae]terfl[=o]d.]
A flood of water; an inundation.
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flash flood
(wn) | flash flood
n 1: a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
[syn: flash flood, flashflood] |
flashflood
(wn) | flashflood
n 1: a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration
[syn: flash flood, flashflood] |
flood control
(wn) | flood control
n 1: (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control
rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of
floods |
flood in
(wn) | flood in
v 1: arrive in great numbers |
flood lamp
(wn) | flood lamp
n 1: light that is a source of artificial illumination having a
broad beam; used in photography [syn: flood,
floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood] |
flood out
(wn) | flood out
v 1: charge someone with too many tasks [syn: overwhelm,
deluge, flood out] |
flood plain
(wn) | flood plain
n 1: a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of
river sediment and is subject to flooding [syn:
floodplain, flood plain] |
flood tide
(wn) | flood tide
n 1: the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or
developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's
career"; "in the flood tide of his success" [syn: climax,
flood tide]
2: the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the
following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which,
taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare [syn:
flood tide, flood, rising tide] [ant: ebbtide] |
flooded
(wn) | flooded
adj 1: covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or
awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a
flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing
tub" [syn: afloat(p), awash(p), flooded,
inundated, overflowing] |
flooded gum
(wn) | flooded gum
n 1: any of several Australian gum trees growing on moist or
alluvial soil |
floodgate
(wn) | floodgate
n 1: something that restrains a flood or outpouring; "suspension
of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal
immigrants"
2: regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the
rate of water flow through a sluice [syn: sluicegate,
sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, {water
gate}] |
floodhead
(wn) | floodhead
n 1: a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood; "we were lucky
to be safe when the floodheads hit" |
flooding
(wn) | flooding
n 1: a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded
with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either
averse to them or numbed to them [syn: implosion therapy,
flooding] |
floodlight
(wn) | floodlight
n 1: light that is a source of artificial illumination having a
broad beam; used in photography [syn: flood,
floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood]
v 1: illuminate with floodlights |
floodlighted
(wn) | floodlighted
adj 1: illuminated by means of floodlights; "the floodlit
courtyard" [syn: floodlit, floodlighted] |
floodlit
(wn) | floodlit
adj 1: illuminated by means of floodlights; "the floodlit
courtyard" [syn: floodlit, floodlighted] |
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