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marea — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blizzard noun A severe snowstorm with strong winds and very poor visibility.
  • flood noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
  • heap noun A pile of things gathered or thrown together.
  • tide noun The regular rise and fall of the sea, caused mainly by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.

Senses

marea is used for these senses in English:

  • blizzard (figuratively) A large amount of paperwork.
  • flood (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
  • heap A great number or large quantity of things.
  • 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 The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.

blizzard — full definition

  1. noun A severe snowstorm with strong winds and very poor visibility.
  2. noun An overwhelming quantity of something arriving at once.

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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