unflood

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verb

To clear the liquid from a flooded area.

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Meanings

verbunflood (third-person singular simple present unfloods, present participle unflooding, simple past and past participle unflooded)

present singular third person unfloods · participle present unflooding · participle past unflooded · past unflooded

  1. ambitransitiveTo clear the liquid from a flooded area.

    […] Beatrice is now really letting the salt water flow freely, although her best effort is in Woodlawn two days later when it looks as if we will have to send for a siphon to unflood the premises.

    a. 1946, Damon Runyon, Blonde Mink
    1 more example

    And still I was diddling with the engine, fifteen, twenty, thirty, sixty pulls of the starting cord, fiddling with the choke, halfway, full choke, close choke, and flooding it, and waiting for it to unflood.

    2013, George Szanto, Bog Tender: Coming Home to Nature and Memory, page 191

Origin

From un- + flood.

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APA

unflood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unflood

MLA

“unflood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unflood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unflood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unflood.

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