3. deluge anything that overwhelms like a flood: a deluge of mail.
4. deluge the Deluge,
5. (v.t.)deluge to flood; inundate.
6. deluge to overrun; overwhelm.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < OF < L dīluvium flood =dīluv-, base of dīluere to wash away (see dilute ) +-ium -ium1)
Definition of 'Deluge'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)flood, inundation, deluge, torrent an overwhelming number or amount "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
2. (noun)downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker a heavyrain
3. (verb)flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
4. (verb)deluge, flood, inundate, swamp fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
5. (verb)overwhelm, deluge, flood out chargesomeone with too many tasks
6. (verb)inundate, deluge, submerge fill or cover completely, usually with water
Definition of 'Deluge'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Deluge a washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.)
2. (noun)Deluge fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes greatdestruction
3. (verb)Deluge to overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm
4. (verb)Deluge to overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe
Definitions of 'Deluge'
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
1. Deluge name given to the tradition, common to several races, of a flood of such universality as to sweep the land, if not the earth, of all its inhabitants, except the pair by whom the land of the earth was repeopled.
Definitions of Deluge 
Afrikaans: oorstroming, wolkbreuk, s
Arabic: سَيْل، فَيَضان
Bulgarian: наводнение
Brazilian: dilúvio
Czech: povodeň
German: die Flut
Danish: oversvømmelse
Greek: κατακλυσμός
Spanish: diluvio, inundación
Estonian: veeuputus
Farsi: سیل بزرگ
Finnish: tulva
French: déluge
Hebrew: מַבּוּל, שִׁיטָפוֹן
Hindi: बाढ़, जलभराव
Croatian: poplava, potop
Hungarian: özönvíz, áradat
Indonesian: air bah
Icelandic: flóð
Italian: diluvio
Japanese: 大洪水
Korean: 대홍수
Lithuanian: potvynis
Latvian: plūdi; lietusgāze
Malay: banjir
Dutch: wolkbreuk, watervloed
Norwegian: flom, syndflod
Polish: potop
Persian: سیل بزرگ
Pashto: پر مځكه دلرى سېل را تلنه،
Portuguese: dilúvio
Romanian: inundaţie, potop
Russian: наводнение
Slovak: povodeň, potopa
Slovenian: poplava
Serbian: poplava
Swedish: översvämning, syndaflod, 
Thai: อุทกภัย
Turkish: tufan
Taiwanese: 洪水
Ukrainian: потоп; повінь
Urdu: طوفان عظیم
Vietnamese: đại hồng thủy
Chinese: 洪水
