deluge

del·uge  (dlyj, -yzh, dlj, -lzh, d-lj, -lzh)

n.

1.

a. A great flood.

b. A heavy downpour.

2. Something that overwhelms as if by a great flood: a deluge of fan mail.

3. Deluge In the Bible, the great flood that occurred in the time of Noah.

tr.v. del·uged, del·ug·ing, del·ug·es

1. To overrun with water; inundate.

2. To overwhelm with a large number or amount; swamp: The press secretary was deluged with requests for information.

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[From Middle English, flood, from Old French, from Latin dluvium, from dluere, to wash away : dis-, apart; see dis- + -luere, to wash; see leu()- in Indo-European roots.]

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deluge [del-lyooj]

Noun

1. a great flood of water

2. torrential rain

3. an overwhelming number

Verb

[-uging, -uged]

1. to flood

2. to overwhelm [Latin diluere to wash away]

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Deluge

Noun

the Deluge same as the Flood

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	deluge - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" flood, inundation, torrent good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
	2.	deluge - a heavy rain cloudburst, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout rain, rainfall - water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
	3.	deluge - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations" flood, inundation, alluvion geological phenomenon - a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth debacle - flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer flash flood, flashflood - a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood - (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
Verb	1.	deluge - fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind" flood, inundate, swamp fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"
	2.	deluge - charge someone with too many tasks flood out, overwhelm burden, saddle, charge - impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
	3.	deluge - fill or cover completely, usually with water inundate, submerge flood - cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"

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deluge

noun 1. rush, flood, avalanche, barrage, spate, torrent

noun 2. flood, spate, overflowing, torrent, downpour, cataclysm, inundation

verb 3. overwhelm, swamp, engulf, overload, overrun, inundate

verb 4. flood, drown, swamp, submerge, soak, drench, inundate, douse

Translations

deluge [ˈdɛljuːdʒ] n → diluvio

vt (fig): to deluge (with) → inundar (de)

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deluge [ˈdɛljuːdʒ] n → déluge m

vt (fig);

to deluge (with) → inonder (de)

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deluge [ˈdɛljuːdʒ] n (of rain) → Guss m (fig) (of petitions, requests) → Flut f

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deluge [ˈdɛljuːdʒ] n → diluvio

vt (fig): to deluge (with) → subissare (di), inondare (di)