flood vs surfeit

flood

verb
  • To provide (someone or something) with a larger number or quantity of something than can easily be dealt with. 

  • To bleed profusely, as after childbirth. 

  • To cover or partly fill as if by a flood. 

  • To overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall. 

  • To paste numerous lines of text to (a chat system) in order to disrupt the conversation. 

noun
  • An overflow (usually disastrous) of water from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. 

  • A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with. 

  • The flowing in of the tide, opposed to the ebb. 

  • A floodlight. 

  • Menstrual discharge; menses. 

surfeit

verb
  • To supply (someone) with something to excess; to disgust (someone) through overabundance. 

  • To fill (something) to excess. 

  • To satisfy (someone's appetite) to excess (both literally and figuratively). 

  • To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something). 

  • To indulge (in something) to excess. 

  • To feed (someone) to excess (on, upon or with something). 

  • To become sick from overindulgence (both literally and figuratively). 

  • To make (someone) sick as a result of overconsumption. 

noun
  • Disgust caused by excess; satiety. 

  • A group of skunks. 

  • A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence. 

  • Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating. 

  • An excessive amount of something. 

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