One religious woman gets fruit in flood (8)
I believe the answer is:
inundate
'flood' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'one religious woman gets fruit' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'religious woman' becomes 'nun' (woman who has taken religious vows).
'gets' says to put letters next to each other.
'fruit' becomes 'date' (date is a kind of fruit).
'i'+'nun'+'date'='INUNDATE'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for inundate that I've seen before include "Overwhelm, swamp" , "be overwhelming" , "Overwhelm with things to be done" , "Flood (a place)" , "Submerge or cover in water" .)