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Definition of 'storm'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) storm
a disturbance of normal atmospheric conditions, manifesting itself by strong winds and often accompanied by rain, thunder and lightning, snow, hail, or sleet.

2.  storm
an instance of heavy precipitation unaccompanied by strong winds.

3.  storm
a wind of 64–72 mph (29–32 m/sec).

4.  storm
a violent military assault, esp. on a fortified place or strong position.

5.  storm
a heavy or sudden volley or discharge:
a storm of bullets.

6.  storm
a tumultuous condition; commotion.

7.  storm
a violent outburst or outbreak of expression:
a storm of abuse.

8. (v.i.) storm
(of the wind or weather) to blow with unusual force, or to rain, snow, hail, etc., esp. heavily (usu. used impersonally with it as subject):
It stormed all day.

9.  storm
to rage or complain with violence or fury.

10.  storm
to rush angrily:
He stormed out of the room.

11.  storm
to deliver a violent attack or fire, as with artillery.

12.  storm
to rush to an assault or attack.

13. (v.t.) storm
to subject to or as if to a storm.

14.  storm
to attack or assault:
to storm a fortress.

Etymology: (bef. 900; (n.) ME, OE, c. OS storm, OHG sturm, ON stormr; prob. akin to stir¹)

Definition of 'storm'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) storm, violent storm
a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning

2. (noun) storm, tempest
a violent commotion or disturbance
"the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot"

3. (verb) storm
a direct and violent assault on a stronghold

4. (verb) ramp, rage, storm
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger

5. (verb) storm, force
take by force
"Storm the fort"

6. (verb) storm
rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning
"If it storms, we'll need shelter"

7. (verb) storm
blow hard
"It was storming all night"

8. (verb) storm, surprise
attack by storm; attack suddenly

Definition of 'storm'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) storm
bad weather with rain, snow, wind or thunder and lightening
a snow/hail/thunder storm; a winter/tropical storm; The storm raged all night.

2. (verb) storm
to rush somewhere because you are very angry or upset
She got up and stormed out of the room.

3. storm
to use force to enter a building
Police officers stormed the house.

Definition of 'storm'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) storm
a violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not

2. (noun) storm
a violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult

3. (noun) storm
a heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence

4. (noun) storm
a violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like

5. (verb) storm
to assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town

6. (verb) storm
to raise a tempest

7. (verb) storm
to blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; -- used impersonally; as, it storms

8. (verb) storm
to rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume

Translation of 'storm'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a violent disturbance in the air causing wind, rain, thunder etc a rainstorm; a thunderstorm; a storm at sea; The roof was damaged by the storm.
Afrikaans: storm	Arabic: عاصِفَه	Bulgarian: ураган
Brazilian: tempestade	Czech: bouře	German: der Sturm
Danish: uvejr; storm	Greek: καταιγίδα, θύελλα	Spanish: tormenta
Estonian: torm	Farsi: طوفان	Finnish: myrsky
French: orage; tempête	Hebrew: סוּפָה	Hindi: झंझावात, तूफान, आंधी
Croatian: oluja, nepogoda	Hungarian: vihar	Indonesian: badai
Icelandic: stormur	Italian: tempesta, bufera	Japanese: 嵐
Korean: 폭풍	Lithuanian: audra	Latvian: vētra
Malay: ribut	Dutch: storm	Norwegian: uvær
Polish: burza	Persian: طوفان	Pashto: طوفان
Portuguese: tempestade	Romanian: furtună; vijelie	Russian: буря; гроза; шторм
Slovak: búrka	Slovenian: nevihta	Serbian: oluja
Swedish: storm	Thai: พายุ	Turkish: fırtına
Taiwanese: 暴風雨	Ukrainian: буря; шторм	Urdu: آندھی یا جھکڑ
Vietnamese: cơn giông tố, bão	Chinese: 暴风雨
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