tulva — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cataract noun A large waterfall, especially one that plunges over a steep drop.
- deluge noun A sudden, heavy flood of water, or an overwhelming rainstorm.
- flood noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
- flooding noun The occurrence of a flood, or water overflowing onto normally dry land.
- spate noun A sudden rush or outpouring of something, especially a large number of events happening close together.
- tide noun The regular rise and fall of the sea, caused mainly by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
- volley noun A number of things, especially shots, insults, or questions, released or fired all at once.
Senses
tulva is used for these senses in English:
- cataract (mechanics, chiefly, historical) A type of governor used in single-acting steam engines, where a flow of water through an opening regulates the stroke.
- deluge An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
- flooding An act of flooding; a flood or gush.
- landflood (archaic) flood; inundation
- spate (countable) A (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; (uncountable, archaic) flooding, inundation.
- tidal wave (proscribed) A large, sudden inundation of water from the storm surge, or waves of that surge; a sudden surge of river water.
- tide A high-volume flow, literal or figurative; a current or flood.
- volley A burst or emission of many things at once.
cataract — full definition
- noun A large waterfall, especially one that plunges over a steep drop.
- noun A clouding of the eye's lens that causes blurred vision, common in older age.
deluge — full definition
- noun A sudden, heavy flood of water, or an overwhelming rainstorm.
- noun An overwhelming amount of anything arriving at once.
- verb To overwhelm someone with a large amount of something.