déluge — meaning in English

English meaning

• 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.
• rainstorm noun A storm consisting mainly of heavy, often sudden rainfall.

Senses

déluge is used for these senses in English:

• Deluge (Abrahamic, _, religion) The flood taking place in the story of Noah found in the Bible (Genesis) and Qur'an.
• Flood (biblical) The flood referred to in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible.
• deluge A great flood or rain.
• deluge An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
• rainstorm A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.

deluge — full definition

1. noun A sudden, heavy flood of water, or an overwhelming rainstorm.
2. noun An overwhelming amount of anything arriving at once.
3. verb To overwhelm someone with a large amount of something.

flood — full definition

1. noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
2. noun A large, overwhelming amount of something arriving all at once.
3. verb To cover land with water, or to fill something with an overwhelming amount.

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