a washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, the deluge, the great flood in the days of noah (gen. vii.).-fig.: anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.-to overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.-to overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe.