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Deluge - English meaning

ˈdel.juːdʒ

Deluge – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A severe flood.

Usage examples:

This may be the worst deluge in living memory

Synonims:

FloodFlash floodTorrentSpate
verb

Overwhelm with a flood.

Usage examples:

Caravans were deluged by the heavy rains

Synonims:

FloodInundateEngulfSubmergeSwampDrown
noun

A very large volume of something, more than can be managed

Usage examples:

The newspaper received a deluge of complaints about the article., the senator’s office was deluged …
noun

A very large amount of rain or water

Usage examples:

This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily.
noun

A lot of something

Usage examples:

The newspaper received a deluge of complaints/letters/phone calls about the article.
verb

To cover something with a lot of water

Usage examples:

The city was deluged when the river burst its banks., more than 8 inches of rain deluged parts of t…
verb

To send a large number of things, especially messages, requests, or complaints, that are difficult to deal with

Usage examples:

Be deluged with we've been deluged with replies., they have been deluged with phone calls from repo…

Deluge translation into English

Deluge: translate from English into Chinese

Translate deluge into Chinese (Simplified)}
洪水, 泛滥, 洚, 骤雨

Deluge: translate from English into Dutch

Translate deluge into Dutch}
Zondvloed, Stortvloed, Overstromen, Overstelpen

Deluge: translate from English into French

Translate deluge into French}
Inonder, Inondation, Pluie diluvienne, Déléguer

Deluge: translate from English into German

Translate deluge into German}
Sintflut, Flut, Überschwemmung, Überschwemmen, Wolkenbruch, Starker regen

Deluge: translate from English into Hindi

Translate deluge into Hindi}
बाढ़, जल-प्रलय, प्रलय, प्लावित कर देना, प्लावन, बौछाड़, मूसलधार बारिश, धार, धारा, झड़ी, सैलाब करना, प्लावित करना, सैलाब कर देना, पाटना, पाट देना, जलप्लावन, डुबोना, मूसलाधार वर्षा

Deluge: translate from English into Italian

Translate deluge into Italian}
Diluvio

Deluge: translate from English into Korean

Translate deluge into Korean}
대홍수, 쇄도, 수액, 범람시키다

Deluge: translate from English into Russian

Translate deluge into Russian}
Потоп, Наводнение, Поток, Ливень, Всемирный потоп, Град, Лавина, Затоплять, Наводнять

Deluge: translate from English into Spanish

Translate deluge into Spanish}
Diluvio, Inundación, Montón, Diluviar, Inundar en, Hacer diluvio

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French, variant of diluve, from Latin diluvium, from diluere ‘wash away’.

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Deluge – similar words

deluging

ˈdel.juːdʒ

verb

Overwhelm with a flood.

Usage examples:

Caravans were deluged by the heavy rains
noun

A severe flood.

Usage examples:

This may be the worst deluge in living memory
verb

Present participle of deluge

Usage examples:

The city was deluged when the river burst its banks., figurative we've been deluged with (= have re…
Deluging - all meanings in English

deluges

ˈdel.juːdʒ

noun

A severe flood.

Usage examples:

This may be the worst deluge in living memory
verb

Overwhelm with a flood.

Usage examples:

Caravans were deluged by the heavy rains
noun

A very large volume of something, more than can be managed

Usage examples:

The newspaper received a deluge of complaints about the article., the senator’s office was deluged …
Deluges - all meanings in English

deluged

ˈdel.juːdʒ

verb

Overwhelm with a flood.

Usage examples:

Caravans were deluged by the heavy rains
noun

A severe flood.

Usage examples:

This may be the worst deluge in living memory
noun

A severe flood.

Usage examples:

This may be the worst deluge in living memory
Deluged - all meanings in English

Deluge synonims

drown

draʊn

verb

Die through submersion in and inhalation of water.

Usage examples:

A motorist drowned when her car plunged off the edge of a quay
verb

Kill by submerging in water

verb

To die by being under water and unable to breathe, or to kill someone by causing this to happen

Usage examples:

[ i ] he drowned in a boating accident., [ always + adv/prep ] drowning in debt/sorrow
Drown - all meanings in English

engulf

ɪnˈɡʌlf

verb

(of a natural force) sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.

Usage examples:

The cafe was engulfed in flames
verb

To surround and cover completely

Usage examples:

Floodwaters engulfed midwestern farmlands.
verb

To surround and cover something or someone completely

Usage examples:

The flames rapidly engulfed the house., be engulfed by/in northern areas of the country were engulf…
Engulf - all meanings in English

flood

flʌd

noun

An overflow of a large amount of water beyond its normal limits, especially over what is normally dry land.

Usage examples:

The villagers had been cut off by floods and landslides
verb

Short for floodlight.

verb

To fill or become covered with water or to cause this to happen to something

Usage examples:

[ t ] a burst pipe flooded the bathroom., [ i ] the basements of many downtown buildings would floo…
Flood - all meanings in English

inundate

ˈɪn.ʌn.deɪt

verb

Overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with.

Usage examples:

We've been inundated with complaints from listeners
verb

To bring to a place or person too much of something, so that it cannot be dealt with

Usage examples:

After appearing on tv they were inundated with telephone calls for a week., we were inundated with …
verb

To give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all

Usage examples:

We have been inundated with requests for help.
Inundate - all meanings in English

spate

noun

A large number of similar things coming in quick succession.

Usage examples:

A spate of attacks on holidaymakers
noun

An unusually large number of events that happen suddenly and at about the same time

Usage examples:

We have had a spate of burglaries recently.
Spate - all meanings in English

submerge

səbˈmɜːdʒ

verb

Cause (something) to be under water.

Usage examples:

Houses had been flooded and cars submerged
verb

Put under water

verb

To go below the surface of an area of water

Usage examples:

[ t ] take a normal breath and completely submerge yourself., [ i ] seals exhale so they can submer…
Submerge - all meanings in English

swamp

noun

An area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh.

Usage examples:

They usually breed in marshes and brushy swamps with some open water, dense, low vegetation, and pe…
verb

Overwhelm or flood with water.

Usage examples:

A huge wave swamped the canoes
noun

An area of very wet, soft land

Usage examples:

[ c ] alligators live in these swamps., a low-lying, swampy region, the boat was swamped by an enor…
Swamp - all meanings in English

torrent

noun

A strong and fast-moving stream of water or other liquid.

Usage examples:

Rain poured down in torrents
noun

A large stream of water that moves very fast

Usage examples:

Heavy storms turned the river into a raging torrent., fig. the tv station received torrents of angr…
noun

A large number or amount of something

Usage examples:

A torrent of sth we got a torrent of e-mails complaining about the advertisement., a torrent of cri…
Torrent - all meanings in English

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