Streets flooded

Meaning: This means that water covered the streets, often due to heavy rain. It's like saying, Water covered the roads, making it difficult to walk or drive.

Choice of Words: Streets are public roads in a town or city. Flooded is the past tense of flood, which means to be covered with water. Here, "Streets flooded" suggests that the streets were covered in water due to excessive rain.

Alternative Expressions

The streets were covered in water.

Meaning: This means that the streets have so much water on them that you can't see the ground.

Choice of Words: The word "covered" means that something is completely hidden or covered by another thing. In this case, the streets are covered in water, which means that the water is everywhere on the streets.

The streets were flooded with water.

Meaning: This means that the streets have so much water on them that they are like a river.

Choice of Words: The word "flooded" means that something is filled with water. In this case, the streets are flooded with water, which means that there is so much water on the streets that it is like a river.

There was a lot of water on the streets.

Meaning: This means that the streets have a lot of water on them, but it is not as much as if the streets were flooded.

Choice of Words: The word "lot" means a large amount of something. In this case, there is a lot of water on the streets, which means that there is a lot of water covering the streets.

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