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Deluge Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Deluge? [n] the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"1 [n] a heavy rain [n] an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" [v] fill or cover completely, usually with water [v] charge someone with too many tasks [v] fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Deluge: alluvion \| cloudburst \| downpour \| flood \| flood \| flood \| flood out \| inundate \| inundate \| inundation \| inundation \| overwhelm \| pelter \| soaker \| submerge \| swamp \| torrent \| torrent \| waterspout Related Terms \| Find terms related to Deluge: abound \| affusion \| alluvion \| alluvium \| army \| aspergation \| aspersion \| avalanche \| baptism \| baptize \| bath \| bathing \| be prodigal with \| bedewing \| brash \| burst of rain \| bury \| cascade \| cataclysm \| cataract \| cloudburst \| cluster \| cohue \| crowd \| crush \| dampening \| damping \| dewing \| dip \| douse \| downfall \| downflow \| downpour \| drench \| drencher \| drown \| drowning \| duck \| dunk \| embarras de richesses \| engulf \| engulfment \| enough \| extravagance \| extravagancy \| float \| flock \| flood \| flood the market \| flooding \| flow on \| flush \| flux \| fresh \| freshet \| galaxy \| gush \| gushing rain \| heap \| heavy rain \| horde \| hosing \| hosing down \| host \| humidification \| immerge \| immerse \| immersion \| inundate \| inundation \| irrigation \| jam \| landslide \| laving \| lavishness \| legion \| mass \| merge \| mob \| moistening \| money to burn \| more than enough \| multitude \| Niagara \| overabundance \| overaccumulation \| overbounteousness \| overbrim \| overcome \| overcopiousness \| overdose \| overequip \| overflow \| overflowing \| overfurnish \| overlavish \| overlavishness \| overluxuriance \| overmeasure \| overmuchness \| overnumerousness \| overplentifulness \| overplenty \| overpopulation \| overprofusion \| overprovender \| overprovide \| overprovision \| overrun \| overrunning \| oversell \| overstock \| oversufficiency \| oversupply \| overwhelm \| panoply \| plash \| plenty \| plethora \| plunge in water \| pour \| pour on \| pour out \| pour over \| press \| prodigality \| rabble \| rain \| rainburst \| rainspout \| rainstorm \| redundancy \| rinsing \| river \| rout \| ruck \| run over \| scud \| sink \| slop \| slosh \| sluice \| soak \| soaker \| soaking rain \| sop \| souse \| sparging \| spate \| spattering \| spill \| spill out \| spill over \| spillage \| splashing \| splattering \| spout \| spraying \| sprinkling \| stream \| submerge \| submerse \| submersion \| superabundance \| superflux \| swamp \| swashing \| sweep \| teem \| the Deluge \| the Flood \| throng \| torrent \| torrent of rain \| washout \| waterflood \| watering \| waterspout \| wet \| wetting \| whelm \| whelming See Also \| batch \| burden \| charge \| deal \| debacle \| fill \| fill up \| flash flood \| flashflood \| flock \| flood \| flood in \| geological phenomenon \| good deal \| great deal \| hatful \| heap \| lot \| make full \| mass \| mess \| mickle \| mint \| muckle \| peck \| pile \| plenty \| pot \| quite a little \| raft \| rain \| rainfall \| saddle \| sight \| slew \| spate \| stack \| tidy sum \| wad \| whole lot \| whole slew Deluge In Webster's Dictionary \Del"uge\, n. [F. d['e]luge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere wash away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash. See {Lave}, and cf. {Diluvium}.] 1. A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (--Gen. vii.). 2. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction. ``The deluge of summer.'' --Lowell. A fiery deluge fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed. --Milton. As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London] street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has still survived in the deluge. --F. Harrison. After me the deluge. (Apr['e]s moi le d['e]luge.) --Madame de Pompadour. \Del"uge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deluged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deluging}.] 1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm. The deluged earth would useless grow. --Blackmore. 2. To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe. At length corruption, like a general flood . . . Shall deluge all. --Pope.

Deluge Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deluge?

[n] the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"1
[n] a heavy rain
[n] an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
[v] fill or cover completely, usually with water
[v] charge someone with too many tasks
[v] fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

Deluge In Webster's Dictionary

\Del"uge\, n. [F. d['e]luge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere
wash away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash. See
{Lave}, and cf. {Diluvium}.]
1. A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an
   inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great
   flood in the days of Noah (--Gen. vii.).

2. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great
   destruction. ``The deluge of summer.'' --Lowell.

         A fiery deluge fed With ever-burning sulphur
         unconsumed.                           --Milton.

         As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London]
         street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial
         ground, which has still survived in the deluge. --F.
                                               Harrison.

         After me the deluge. (Apr['e]s moi le d['e]luge.)
                                               --Madame de
                                               Pompadour.


\Del"uge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deluged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Deluging}.]
1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.

         The deluged earth would useless grow. --Blackmore.

2. To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread;
   to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern
   nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the
   land is deluged with woe.

         At length corruption, like a general flood . . .
         Shall deluge all.                     --Pope.

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