Storm - English meaning

noun

Feelings of anger or antipathy resulting in hostile or violent behaviour; readiness to attack or confront.

Usage examples:

His chin was jutting with aggression

noun

Actions or behavior that use threats or force against others

Usage examples:

We regard the presence of troops on our border as an act of aggression.

noun

Spoken or physical behaviour that is threatening or involves harm to someone or something

Usage examples:

Some types of dog are bred for aggression., an act of aggression

noun

An exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.

Usage examples:

I've had an argument with my father

noun

A disagreement, or the process of disagreeing

Usage examples:

The children had an argument about/over what game to play., he got into an argument with jeff in th…

noun

A reason or reasons why you support or oppose an idea or suggestion, or the process of explaining these reasons

Usage examples:

Now that we've heard all the arguments for and against the proposal, let's vote on it., [ + that ] …

verb

Make a physical attack on.

Usage examples:

He pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer

noun

A physical attack.

Usage examples:

His imprisonment for an assault on the film director

verb

Attack someone physically or emotionally

verb

Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.

Usage examples:

In february the germans attacked verdun

noun

An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.

Usage examples:

He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb

An offensive against an enemy

noun

Extravagant publicity or fuss.

Usage examples:

After all the ballyhoo, the film was a flop

verb

Praise or publicize extravagantly.

Usage examples:

Each company ballyhoos its product as though it were the most outstanding in all creation

noun

A lot of noise and activity, often with no real purpose

Usage examples:

I can't see what all this ballyhoo is about.

noun

An intensive or sudden military attack.

Usage examples:

A heavy artillery blitz

verb

Another term for lightning chess.

noun

A sudden and violent military attack, usually with bombs dropped from aircraft

Usage examples:

That computer needs an advertising blitz to sell it.

noun

An intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory.

Usage examples:

Another aspect of the centralized soviet leadership was the role of partisan warfare in defeating t…

noun

A blitz

noun

A severe snowstorm with high winds.

Usage examples:

And then there are the weather warnings for hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, floods, winds, and ti…

noun

A severe snow storm with strong winds

Usage examples:

We didn’t get out for three days after the blizzard was over.

noun

A large amount of something that arrives or is produced together in a confusing or badly organized way

Usage examples:

A blizzard of statistics/handouts

noun

A noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something.

Usage examples:

The brouhaha over those infamous commercials

noun

A lot of noise or angry complaining about something

Usage examples:

The brouhaha over his latest novel

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

noun

A sudden violent rainstorm.

Usage examples:

It has survived thunderstorms and cloudbursts and has taken place every year except during the two …

noun

A heavy fall of rain that begins and ends suddenly

noun

A sudden heavy fall of rain

noun

A state of confused and noisy disturbance.

Usage examples:

She was distracted by a commotion across the street

noun

A sudden, brief period of noise, confusion, or excited movement

Usage examples:

[ c ] there was a commotion outside the embassy.

noun

A sudden, short period of noise, confusion, or excited movement

Usage examples:

His arrival caused quite a commotion., he looked up to see what all the commotion was about.

noun

Prolonged public disagreement or heated discussion.

Usage examples:

The design of the building has caused controversy

noun

A disagreement, often a public one, that involves different ideas or opinions about something

Usage examples:

[ c ] publication of the article unleashed a scientific controversy that raged for years., [ u ] th…

noun

A lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to many people

Usage examples:

Controversy surrounding/over there was a big controversy surrounding/over the use of drugs in athle…

noun

A system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low barometric pressure, with an anticlockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation; a depression.

Usage examples:

Visitors were told how weather data which flow in continuously from around 500 weather stations all…

noun

A violent and often destructive storm in which the wind moves very fast in a circular direction

noun

A violent tropical storm

Usage examples:

A cyclone swept across the island, killing several people.

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 …

noun

An act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling.

Usage examples:

The plane had gone into a steep descent

noun

The origin of people in your family background

Usage examples:

Their mother is of irish descent (= family origin)., the descent of dozens of motorcycles terrified…

noun

The state or fact of being related to a particular person or group of people who lived in the past

Usage examples:

Of african, european, asian, etc. descent there are more than a hundred million people of african d…

noun

The interruption of a settled and peaceful condition.

Usage examples:

A helicopter landing can cause disturbance to residents

noun

Something that interrupts you, esp. something loud or causing trouble

Usage examples:

You must take care of yourself and avoid upsetting disturbances., the disturbance became a typhoon …

noun

Something that interrupts someone or makes someone feel worried

Usage examples:

Residents are tired of the disturbance caused by the nightclub., phone calls are the biggest distur…

noun

A heavy fall of rain.

Usage examples:

A sudden downpour had filled the gutters and drains

noun

A lot of rain falling in a short time

noun

A lot of rain in a short time

verb

Take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons.

Usage examples:

The men were fighting

noun

A violent confrontation or struggle.

Usage examples:

He'd got into a fight with some bouncers outside a club

verb

Be engaged in a contest or struggle

verb

Throw or hurl forcefully.

Usage examples:

He picked up the debris and flung it away

noun

A short period of enjoyment or wild behaviour.

Usage examples:

One final fling before a tranquil retirement

verb

Throw with force or recklessness

verb

Go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry manner.

Usage examples:

He stood up in a fury and flounced out

noun

An exaggerated action intended to express annoyance or impatience.

Usage examples:

She left the room with a flounce

noun

A wide ornamental strip of material gathered and sewn to a skirt or dress; a frill.

Usage examples:

Miss howitt's dress was in the height of fashion; blue silk spencer over a white round dress with s…

noun

A sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid.

Usage examples:

The garrison made a foray against richard's camp

verb

Make or go on a foray.

Usage examples:

The place into which they were forbidden to foray

noun

A brief attempt at or involvement in an activity outside a person’s or organization’s usual range of activities

Usage examples:

The opera company has made curious forays into contemporary music in recent seasons.

noun

A noisy disturbance or quarrel.

Usage examples:

The fracas was broken up by stewards

noun

A noisy argument or fight

Usage examples:

The players got into a scuffle, both benches cleared, and some fans joined the fracas.

noun

An outbreak of public anger or excitement.

Usage examples:

The verdict raised a furore over the role of courtroom psychiatry

noun

A sudden excited or angry reaction to something by a lot of people

Usage examples:

The government's decision to raise taxes has caused a great furore., furore over the furore over hi…

noun

A very strong wind.

Usage examples:

I slept well despite the howling gales outside

noun

A very strong wind

Usage examples:

Hundreds of old trees were blown down in the gales.

noun

A storm of heavy hail.

Usage examples:

It means 500 percent more floods, mudslides, hailstorms, drought, ice storms and wildfires.

noun

A storm that produces hail (= balls of ice that fall like rain)

noun

A sudden heavy fall of hail

noun

An occasion when there is too much interest in or discussion about something that is not important

Usage examples:

One of the tabloids published the pictures and they caused a great hoo-ha.

idiom

A noisy expression of public anger or disapproval

Usage examples:

Great hue and cry there has been a great hue and cry about the council's plans to close the school.

noun

A commotion; a fuss.

Usage examples:

Remember all the hullabaloo over the golf ball?

noun

A loud noise made by people who are angry or annoyed; a lot of angry comments made in public about someone or something

Usage examples:

Make a hullabaloo there's a crowd of angry demonstrators making a real hullabaloo outside the house…

noun

Public disapproval or complaints

Usage examples:

The minister resigned after all the hullabaloo over his affair with an actress.

noun

A storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the caribbean.

Usage examples:

A powerful hurricane hit the florida coast

proper noun

A single-seat, single-engined british fighter aircraft of the second world war, produced by the hawker company and remembered in particular for its role in the battle of britain along with the spitfire.

noun

A violent storm with strong circular winds of at least 72 miles (or 118 kilometers) per hour, esp. in the western atlantic ocean

noun

An invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one.

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Incursions into enemy territory

noun

A sudden and unwanted entrance to a place or area controlled by others, esp. in a military attack

noun

A sudden attack on or act of going into a place, especially across a border

Usage examples:

Incursions into enemy territory

verb

Walk in a military manner with a regular measured tread.

Usage examples:

Thousands marched behind the coffin

noun

An act or instance of marching.

Usage examples:

The relieving force was more than a day's march away

verb

(of a country, territory, or estate) have a common frontier with.

Usage examples:

His estate marches with yours

noun

A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of south and se asia, blowing from the south-west between may and september and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the north-east between october and april (the dry monsoon ).

noun

The season of heavy rain, the wind that brings rain, or the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot asian countries

adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed.

Usage examples:

The allegations made are deeply offensive to us

noun

An attacking military campaign.

Usage examples:

An impending military offensive against the guerrillas

Unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses

noun

The beginning of something, especially something unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The onset of winter

noun

The beginning of something

Usage examples:

We have to get the roof fixed before the onset of winter.

noun

A fierce or destructive attack.

Usage examples:

A series of onslaughts on the citadel

noun

A violent and forceful attack

Usage examples:

Fig. with the nice weather, the beach towns are expecting an onslaught of tourists.

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

noun

A rapid surprise attack on an enemy by troops, aircraft, or other armed forces.

Usage examples:

A bombing raid

verb

Conduct a raid on.

Usage examples:

Officers raided thirty homes yesterday

abbreviation

Redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disks, a system for providing greater capacity, faster access, and security against data corruption by spreading data across several disk drives.

noun

A storm with heavy rain.

Usage examples:

El nino will lead to abnormal weather and the increase of tropical cyclones will bring more rainsto…

noun

A number of people or things in a more or less straight line.

Usage examples:

Her villa stood in a row of similar ones

verb

Propel (a boat) with oars.

Usage examples:

Out in the bay a small figure was rowing a rubber dinghy

noun

A spell of rowing.

Usage examples:

The two friends had gone for a light row and were turning the double scull boat opposite the boat s…

noun

A disturbance or quarrel.

Usage examples:

She acted as if there'd been no earlier ruction

noun

A noisy argument or angry complaint

Usage examples:

There'll be ructions if i'm not home by midnight.

noun

A noisy disturbance; a row.

Usage examples:

He caused a rumpus with his flair for troublemaking

verb

Move with urgent haste.

Usage examples:

Oliver rushed after her

noun

A sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people.

Usage examples:

There was a rush for the door

noun

An erect, tufted marsh or waterside plant resembling a sedge or grass, with inconspicuous greenish or brownish flowers. widely distributed in temperate areas, some kinds are used for matting, chair seats, and baskets.

Usage examples:

Then the land went down, and there was marsh of rushes and willow and hazel.

noun

An action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage.

Usage examples:

A bribery scandal involving one of his key supporters

noun

An action or event that is considered immoral, causing the public to react with shock or anger

Usage examples:

[ c ] people withdrew their money from banks caught up in the scandal., she has a reputation for sp…

noun

An action or event that shocks people and makes them feel disapproval

Usage examples:

Cause/create (a) scandal the politician's behaviour caused a scandal., a scandal breaks/erupts when…

noun

A heavy fall of snow, especially with a high wind.

Usage examples:

If the temperature rises during or after a snowstorm, it means heavier, wetter snow will be deposit…

noun

A storm that brings a lot of snow and usually strong winds

noun

An attack made by troops coming out from a position of defence.

Usage examples:

Their sortie netted the two machineguns and eight prisoners.

verb

Come out from a defensive position to make an attack.

Usage examples:

We'll soon know if they sortie

noun

A sudden violent gust of wind or localized storm, especially one bringing rain, snow, or sleet.

Usage examples:

Low clouds and squalls of driving rain

verb

(of a baby or small child) cry noisily and continuously.

Usage examples:

Sarah was squalling in her crib

noun

A sudden, strong wind or brief storm, esp. over water

Usage examples:

Occasional rain squalls blow furiously across the sea.

noun

The main stem of a herbaceous plant.

Usage examples:

He chewed a stalk of grass

verb

Pursue or approach stealthily.

Usage examples:

A cat stalking a bird

noun

A stealthy pursuit of someone or something.

Usage examples:

This time the stalk would be on foot

verb

Bring down (one's foot) heavily on the ground or on something on the ground.

Usage examples:

He stamped his foot in frustration

noun

An instrument for stamping a pattern or mark, in particular an engraved or inked block or die.

Usage examples:

Hathaway used a variety of stamps to mark his tools.

verb

Walk heavily

verb

Have a strong unpleasant smell.

Usage examples:

The place stank like a sewer

noun

A strong unpleasant smell; a stench.

Usage examples:

The stink of the place hit me as i went in

adjective

Having a strong unpleasant smell.

Usage examples:

‘what you doing with that stink dog?’

verb

Tread heavily and noisily, typically in order to show anger.

Usage examples:

Martin stomped off to the spare room

noun

(in jazz or popular music) a tune or song with a fast tempo and a heavy beat.

Usage examples:

Like aerosmith at its best, buckcherry has both the rhythmic sway to go with its rock-and-roll stom…

verb

Walk heavily

idiom

To be suddenly extremely successful in a place or popular with someone

Usage examples:

As everyone knows, the beatles took the us by storm.

noun

A violent windy storm.

Usage examples:

A raging tempest

noun

A violent storm

verb

Push suddenly or violently in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

She thrust her hands into her pockets

noun

A sudden or violent lunge with a pointed weapon or a bodily part.

Usage examples:

He drove the blade upwards with one powerful thrust

verb

To push suddenly and strongly

Usage examples:

[ t ] she thrust the money into his hand., [ i ] he thrust at me with a stick., [ c ] a sword thrus…

noun

A storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail.

Usage examples:

Tornadic thunderstorms can also produce waterspouts and downbursts.

noun

A rain storm with thunder and lightning

noun

A mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system.

Usage examples:

These clouds often bring thunder and lightning, and can also bring funnel clouds or even tornadoes.

noun

A dangerous storm which is a spinning cone of wind that destroys anything in its path as it moves across the ground

noun

Difficulty or problems.

Usage examples:

I had trouble finding somewhere to park

verb

Cause distress or anxiety to.

Usage examples:

He was not troubled by doubts

noun

A problem, or difficulties

Usage examples:

[ u ] trouble began when he came to live with us., [ c ] she thought her troubles would be over whe…

noun

A tropical storm in the region of the indian or western pacific oceans.

Usage examples:

There has been an observed and recorded link between the sea surface temperature and the frequency …

noun

A type of violent storm with strong circular winds that happens esp. in the pacific ocean

noun

A violent or sudden change or disruption to something.

Usage examples:

Major upheavals in the financial markets

noun

(a) great change, causing or involving difficulty or trouble

Usage examples:

[ u ] the long garbage strike in 1970 caused much political upheaval.

noun

A loud and impassioned noise or disturbance.

Usage examples:

The room was in an uproar

noun

Loud complaints esp. by angry people, or a noisy state of confusion

Usage examples:

[ c ] there was an uproar over the proposed rent increases.

noun

Serious or angry discussions about something that people disagree on, especially discussions that continue for a long time

Usage examples:

The war of words over sanctions remains furious., politicians in california, illinois, and other st…