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- What the 40-Across was built for
What the 40-Across was built for
We have found the following answers matching the query 'What the 40-Across was built for' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. What the 40-Across was built for crossword clue was last seen on February 4 2026 in the popular Newsday Crossword.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | FLOOD | What the 40-Across was built for | Newsday |
Definition
| • | A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation. |
| • | The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood. |
| • | A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency. |
| • | Menstrual disharge; menses. |
| • | To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley. |
| • | To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as, to flood a country with a depreciated currency. |
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