Definition of Floodgates

1. Noun. (plural of floodgate) ¹

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Definition of Floodgates

1. floodgate [n] - See also: floodgate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Floodgates

flood lamp
flood out
flood plain
flood plains
flood stage
flood test
flood tide
flood tides
floodable
floodage
flooded
flooded gum
flooder
flooders
floodgate
floodgates (current term)
floodhead
flooding
floodings
floodlight
floodlighted
floodlighting
floodlights
floodlike
floodlit
floodmark
floodmarks
floodplain
floodplains
floodproof

Literary usage of Floodgates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Burke, Select Works by Edmund Burke (1881)
"In the conclusion of the ' Medal' the poet foreshadows what is called the ' bursting of the floodgates;' the inevitable strife of the ' cut-throat sword and ..."

2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1899)
"It is quite true that the complaint did allege that the floodgates were "negligently and carelessly, and without proper regard for the rights of this ..."

3. A Treatise on Hydrostatics and Pneumatics by Dionysius Lardner, Benjamin Franklin Joslin (1836)
"EMBANKMENTS, DAMS, AND floodgates. METHOD OF COMPUTING THE TOTAL PRESSURE ON THE SURFACE OF A VESSEL OF ANY SHAPE. EXAMPLES.—GLOBE. CUBE. ..."

4. Hydrostatics and Pneumatics by Dionysius Lardner (1831)
"EMBANKMENTS, DAMS, AND floodgates. METHOD OF COMPUTING THE TOTAL PRESSURE ON THE SURFACE OF A VESSEL OF ANT SHAPE. EXAMPLES. GLOBE. CUBE. ..."

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