"flooding" meaning in English

See flooding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈflʌdɪŋ/ Forms: floodings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flooding (countable and uncountable, plural floodings)
  1. An act of flooding; a flood or gush. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of flooding): наводняване (navodnjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), наводнение (navodnenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 洪水 (hóngshuǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), oversvømmelse [common-gender] (Danish), tulviminen (Finnish), tulva (Finnish), inondation [feminine] (French), Überflutung [feminine] (German), Überschwemmung [feminine] (German), inondazione [feminine] (Italian), waipuketanga (Maori), oversvømmelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), anegamiento [masculine] (Spanish), inundación [feminine] (Spanish), riada [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-flooding-en-noun-Q0qM~TEJ Disambiguation of 'act of flooding': 100 0 0
  2. (psychology, figurative) Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (emotional overwhelm): tunnekuohu (Finnish), Überforderung [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-flooding-en-noun-g6yQEVsM Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'emotional overwhelm': 2 91 7
  3. (psychology) A form of therapy that treats a phobia by suddenly exposing the patient to the object of the phobia, instead of approaching it gradually. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology
    Sense id: en-flooding-en-noun-GOz70Miz Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flash flooding, sunny-day flooding

Verb

IPA: /ˈflʌdɪŋ/
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} flooding
  1. present participle and gerund of flood Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: flood
    Sense id: en-flooding-en-verb-ke6-wqMc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 9 30 59

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