Englishfor English speakers
flood
Noun
—
A flood happens when there has been a lot of rain in a short time and the water covers the ground.
The storm brought heavy rains, and the resulting flood caused $14 million in damage to crops.
flood
Verb
—
If a place is flooded, the water covers the ground and often causes a lot of damage.
In 2005, a hurricane brought so much rain that much of Louisiana was flooded, killing many people, and destroying large parts of the city.
—
To flood means to overwhelm.
The market has been flooded with boy band recordings.
Stop flooding the editorial office with your complaints.
interval
Noun
—
A distance in space or in time.
There is a ten-minute interval between classes.
—
In music, an interval is the difference in pitch between two notes.
—
In mathematics, an interval is a connected section of the real line.
—
(mostly British) An intermission.
—
In the game of cricket, either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play.