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flood
Noun
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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
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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.
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To flood means to overwhelm.
The market has been flooded with boy band recordings.
Stop flooding the editorial office with your complaints.
projection
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noun
a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
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noun
the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
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noun
any structure that branches out from a central support
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noun
(= project)
a planned undertaking
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noun
the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
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noun
the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection
a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice
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noun
any solid convex shape that juts out from something
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
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noun
(= expulsion)
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
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noun
(= protrusion)
the act of projecting out from something