Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overflooding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-flood-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act by which something is overflooded.

verb

present participle and gerund of overflood

Example Sentences

"The causes may be easily stated; there is more land, more ice, and less water—I mean in a fluid state; the overfloodings of the rivers produce the former, and the increase of cold the two latter; […]"
"The beauty and fashion congregate on this Alameda, which is constantly injured by overfloodings."
"How now I can understand the inconceivable before where worlds have been gained or lost in no more than a kiss, if it be a kiss such as this. I feel the overfloodings of our worlds, the unleashings of trapped winds and the release of stormclouded sunshine."

Inflected Forms

overfloodings (plural)

Questions

What does overflooding mean?: The act by which something is overflooded.

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