Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unflood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-flood
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To clear the liquid from a flooded area.

Example Sentences

"[…] Beatrice is now really letting the salt water flow freely, although her best effort is in Woodlawn two days later when it looks as if we will have to send for a siphon to unflood the premises."
"And still I was diddling with the engine, fifteen, twenty, thirty, sixty pulls of the starting cord, fiddling with the choke, halfway, full choke, close choke, and flooding it, and waiting for it to unflood."

Etymology

From un- + flood.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

unfloods (present, singular) unflooding (participle, present) unflooded (participle, past) unflooded (past)

Questions

What does unflood mean?: To clear the liquid from a flooded area.
Where does unflood come from?: From un- + flood.

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