洪水 — meaning in English
kōzui
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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.
- inundation noun The act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
- spate noun A sudden rush or outpouring of something, especially a large number of events happening close together.
Senses
洪水 is used for these senses in English:
- deluge A great flood or rain.
- flood An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
- flood (figuratively) A large number or quantity of anything appearing more rapidly than can easily be dealt with.
- inundation The act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
- 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.
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.
flood — full definition
- noun An overflow of water that covers land that is normally dry.
- noun A large, overwhelming amount of something arriving all at once.
- verb To cover land with water, or to fill something with an overwhelming amount.