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tor·rent
(tôr′ənt, tŏr′-)n.
1. A turbulent, swift-flowing stream.
2. A heavy downpour; a deluge.
3. A heavy, uncontrolled flow: a torrent of insults; torrents of information.
[Latin torrēns, torrent-, from present participle of torrēre, to burn; see ters- in Indo-European roots.]
torrent
(ˈtɒrənt)n
1. (Physical Geography) a fast, voluminous, or violent stream of water or other liquid
2. an overwhelming flow of thoughts, words, sound, etc
3. (Computer Science) computing a file that controls the transfer of data in a BitTorrent system. See BitTorrent
adj
rare like or relating to a torrent
[C17: from French, from Latin torrēns (noun), from torrēns (adjective) burning, from torrēre to burn]
tor•rent
(ˈtɔr ənt, ˈtɒr-)n.
1. a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
2. a rushing or abundant stream of anything.
3. a violent downpour of rain.
adj. 4. torrential.
[1595–1605; < Latin torrent-, s. of torrēns seething, literally, burning, present participle of torrēre to burn]
Torrent
an overflowing river, hence, a rapid flood.Examples: torrent of abuse, 1784; of eloquence; of ivy, 1864; of lace, 1880; of lava, 1858; of notes, 1826; of oaths; of passions, 1647; of rain, 1806; of smoke, 1821; of vices; of wind, 1782; of words.
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سَيْل، وابِل
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torrent
n (= river) → reißender Strom; (fig, of lava) → Strom m; (of words, insults) → Sturzbach m, → Schwall m, → Flut f; the rain came down in torrents → der Regen kam in wahren Sturzbächen herunter; a torrent of abuse → ein Schwall m → von Beschimpfungen
torrent
[ˈtɒr/ənt] n (also fig) → torrente mwe got caught in a torrent of rain → una pioggia torrenziale ci ha sorpresi
torrent
(ˈtorənt) noun a rushing stream. The rain fell in torrents; She attacked him with a torrent of abuse.
torrential (təˈrenʃəl) adjective of, or like, a torrent. torrential rain; The rain was torrential.