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- DictionaryDel·uge/ˈdelˌyo͞oj/
noun
- 1. a severe flood: "this may be the worst deluge in living memory"
verb
- 1. inundate with a great quantity of something: "he has been deluged with offers of work"
The noun deluge is an overwhelming amount of something in general, such as work, people, or questions. Because of its Latin roots, however, in particular it means an overwhelming amount of water. It comes from diluvian, which means flood. The verb deluge similarly means to overwhelm or inundate with something, particularly water.
4 days ago · 1. countable noun [usually singular] A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time. A deluge of manuscripts began to arrive in the post. [ + of] This has brought a deluge of criticism. [ + of] 2. verb [usually passive]
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.
deluge. noun. /ˈdeljuːdʒ/. /ˈdeljuːdʒ/. [usually singular] a severe flood; a sudden very heavy fall of rain synonym flood. When the snow melts, the mountain stream becomes a deluge. The earlier deluge had given way to more normal rain.
1. / ˈdɛljuːdʒ / noun. the Deluge. another name for the Flood. deluge. 2. / ˈdɛljuːdʒ / noun. a great flood of water. torrential rain; downpour. an overwhelming rush or number. a deluge of requests. verb. to flood, as with water; soak, swamp, or drown. to overwhelm or overrun; inundate. Discover More. Other Words From. un·del uged adjective.
verb. uk / ˈdeljuːdʒ / us. be deluged with/by sth. to receive very large amounts of something suddenly: Our switchboard was deluged with calls last night. (Definition of deluge from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of deluge. in Chinese (Traditional) 暴雨, 洪水, 淹沒… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)
An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction. The rock concert was a deluge of sound. Wiktionary. Synonyms: overprovision. overprovide. soaker. pelter. torrent.
