deluge

del·uge

 (dĕl′yo͞oj, -yo͞ozh, dā′lo͞oj, -lo͞ozh, dĭ-lo͞oj′, -lo͞ozh′)

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 dīluvium, from dīluere, to wash away : dis-, apart; see dis- + -luere, to wash; see leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.]

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deluge

(ˈdɛljuːdʒ)

n

1. a great flood of water

2. torrential rain; downpour

3. an overwhelming rush or number: a deluge of requests.

vb (tr)

4. to flood, as with water; soak, swamp, or drown

5. to overwhelm or overrun; inundate

[C14: from Old French, from Latin dīluvium a washing away, flood, from dīluere to wash away, drench, from di- dis-¹ + -luere, from lavere to wash]

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Deluge

n

(Bible) the Deluge another name for the Flood

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del•uge

(ˈdɛl yudʒ, -yuʒ, -udʒ, -uʒ, dɪˈludʒ, -ˈluʒ)

n., v. -uged, -ug•ing. n.

1. a great flood of water; inundation; flood.

2. a drenching rain; downpour.

3. anything that overwhelms like a flood: a deluge of mail.

4. the Deluge, flood (def. 3).

v.t.

5. to flood; inundate.

6. to overrun; overwhelm.

[1325–75; Middle English < Old French < Latin dīluvium flood =dīluv-, base of dīluere to wash away (see dilute) + -ium -ium¹]

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deluge

Past participle: deluged
Gerund: deluging

Imperative

deluge

deluge

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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 a deluge of criticism

2. flood, spate, overflowing, torrent, downpour, cataclysm, inundation A dozen homes were damaged in the deluge.

verb

1. overwhelm, swamp, engulf, overload, overrun, inundate The office was deluged with complaints.

2. flood, drown, swamp, submerge, soak, drench, inundate, douse Torrential rain deluged the capital.

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deluge

noun

An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain:

alluvion, cataclysm, cataract, downpour, flood, freshet, inundation, Niagara, overflow, torrent.

Chiefly British: spate.

verb

1. To flow over completely:

drown, engulf, flood, flush, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge, whelm.

2. To affect as if by an outpouring of water:

flood, inundate, overwhelm, swamp, whelm.

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Translations

سَيْل، فَيَضانيُغْرِق

povodeňzaplavit

drukneoversvømmeoversvømmelse

Flutüberfluten

délugeinonder

özönvíz

flóîyfiròyrma

diluvioinondareinondazioneallagamentodilagare

potvynisužtvindyti

lietusgāzepārpludinātplūdi

flomoversvømme

tufanyağdırmak

使泛滥使满溢洪水

deluge

[ˈdeljuːdʒ]

A. N [of rain] → diluvio m; [of floodwater] → inundación f
the Deluge (Rel) → el Diluvio
a deluge of protests → una avalancha de protestas

B. VT (fig) → inundar (with de) he was deluged with gifts → se vio inundado de regalos, le llovieron los regalos
he was deluged with questions → lo acribillaron a preguntas, le llovieron las preguntas
we are deluged with work → tenemos trabajo hasta encima de las cabezas, estamos hasta las cejas de trabajo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

deluge

[ˈdɛljuːdʒ]

n

(= downpour) → déluge m

(fig) (= flood) a deluge of sth → un déluge de qch

vt (fig) to be deluged with sth [+ phone calls, requests] → être submergé(e) de qch, être submergé(e) par qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

deluge

n (lit) → Überschwemmung f; (of rain) → Guss m; (fig, of complaints, letters etc) → Flut f; the Deluge (Bibl) → die Sintflut

vt (lit, fig) → überschwemmen, überfluten

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deluge

[ˈdɛljuːdʒ]

1. n → diluvio
a deluge of protests → un diluvio di proteste

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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

deluge

(ˈdeljuːdʒ) noun

a great quantity of water. Few people survived the deluge. oorstroming, wolkbreuk, stortvloed سَيْل، فَيَضان наводнение dilúvio povodeň die Flut oversvømmelse κατακλυσμόςdiluvio, inundación veeuputus سیل بزرگ tulva délugeמבול, שיטפון बाढ़, जलभराव poplava, potop özönvíz, áradat air bah flóð diluvio 大洪水 대홍수 potvynis plūdi; lietusgāze banjir wolkbreuk, watervloedflom, syndflod potop پر مځكه دلرى سېل را تلنه، داوبو سېل، تراو بو لاندې كېدنه dilúvio inundaţie, potop наводнение povodeň, potopa poplava poplava översvämning, syndaflod, skyfall อุทกภัย tufan 洪水 потоп; повінь طوفان عظیم đại hồng thủy 洪水

verb

to fill or overwhelm with a great quantity. We've been deluged with orders for our new book. oorstroom, oorlaai, toegooi يُغْرِق заливам с inundar zaplavit überfluten oversvømme; drukne κατακλύζωinundar, abrumar (millegagi) üle ujutama زیر حجم زیادی از چیزی قرار دادن؛ سیل زده کردن hukuttaa inonder לְהָצִיף में डूब जाना potopiti eláraszt membanjiri yfirþyrma inondare 殺到する 범람시키다 užtvindyti, užplūsti pārpludināt membanjiri overstelpenoversvømme zalewać پر مځكه دلرى سېل را تلنه، داوبو سېل، تراو بو لاندې كېدنه inundar a copleşi засыпать zaplaviť preplaviti obasuti dränka, översvämma ท่วมท้น yağdırmak 使滿溢，使泛濫 закидати; засипати بہتات ، بھرمار tràn ngập 使满溢，使泛滥

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