Definitions of flood:

• noun:   a large flow
• noun:   the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
• noun:   light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
• noun:   the inward flow of the tide

  Example: "A tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune -Shakespeare"

• noun:   the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
• noun:   an overwhelming number or amount

  Example: "A flood of requests"

• verb:   cover with liquid, usually water

  Example: "The swollen river flooded the village"

• verb:   supply with an excess of

  Example: "Flood the market with tennis shoes"

• verb:   become filled to overflowing

  Example: "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"

• verb:   fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

  Example: "The images flooded his mind"

• name:  A surname (common: 1 in 16666 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #1997)