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freshet

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fresh·et  (frsht)
n.
1. A sudden overflow of a stream resulting from a heavy rain or a thaw.
2. A stream of fresh water that empties into a body of salt water.
freshet [ˈfrɛʃɪt]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) the sudden overflowing of a river caused by heavy rain or melting snow
2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a stream of fresh water emptying into the sea
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Noun1.freshetfreshet - the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
spate
flow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)


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While we sat in the kitchen waiting for the cookies to bake or the taffy to cool, Nina used to coax Antonia to tell her stories--about the calf that broke its leg, or how Yulka saved her little turkeys from drowning in the freshet, or about old Christmases and weddings in Bohemia.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
She was so mad she couldn't get the words out fast enough, and she gushed them out in one everlasting freshet.
Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context
They engaged him; but straightway upon the ship's getting out of sight of land, his insanity broke out in a freshet.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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