Why is flood pronounced?
What happened was that the vowels of blood and flood shortened in the 16th century and had the vowel sound of put. Accents in southern England changed this sound to the one in putt. Book, look and foot, however, had the shortening occurring later, and the put vowel remained, and did not change to the putt vowel.
What’s the pronunciation of flood?
Here are 4 tips that should help you perfect your pronunciation of ‘flood‘: Break ‘flood‘ down into sounds: [FLUD] – say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.
What we say flood in English?
1. Flood, flash flood, deluge, freshet, inundation refer to the overflowing of normally dry areas, often after heavy rains.
What does flooded mean?
1 : covered or overfilled with an excess of water or some other liquid a flooded field a flooded carburetor/engine. 2 : filled, covered, or completely overrun as if by a flood won’t find new customers in a flooded market.