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1. (n.) torrent
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
2. torrent
a rushing or abundant stream of anything.
3. torrent
a violent downpour of rain.
4. (adj.) torrent
torrential.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L torrent-, s. of torrēns seething, lit., burning, prp. of torrēre to burn)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker
a heavy rain
2. (noun) torrent, violent stream
a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
"the houses were swept away in the torrent"
3. (noun) flood, inundation, deluge, torrent
an overwhelming number or amount
"a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) torrent
a violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice
2. (noun) torrent
fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence
3. (noun) torrent
rolling or rushing in a rapid stream
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Sense: a rushing stream
The rain fell in torrents; She attacked him with a torrent of abuse.
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 Afrikaans: strome |
 Arabic: سَيْل، وابِل |
 Bulgarian: порой |
 Brazilian: torrente |
 Czech: proud, příval |
 German: der Sturzbach |
 Danish: skybrud; skylle |
 Greek: χείμαρρος |
 Spanish: torrente |
 Estonian: valing |
 Farsi: سیلاب |
 Finnish: ryöppy |
 French: torrent |
 Hebrew: שֶׁטֶף, זֶרֶם עַז |
 Hindi: तेज धारा |
 Croatian: bujica |
 Hungarian: özön |
 Indonesian: arus deras |
 Icelandic: stríður straumur |
 Italian: torrente |
 Japanese: 奔流 |
 Korean: 억수 |
 Lithuanian: srovė, srautas |
 Latvian: straume |
 Malay: curahan |
 Dutch: stortvloed |
 Norwegian: stri strøm; voldsomt regn |
 Polish: potok |
 Persian: سیلاب |
 Pashto: سېل، نېزه |
 Portuguese: torrente |
 Romanian: torent |
 Russian: поток; ливень |
 Slovak: prúd, príval |
 Slovenian: hudournik |
 Serbian: bujica |
 Swedish: ström, störtflod |
 Thai: กระแสน้ำเชี่ยว |
 Turkish: sel,şiddetli akıntı |
 Taiwanese: 湍流，謾駡，傾盆(大雨) |
 Ukrainian: стрімкий потік |
 Urdu: دھارا، تيز بہنے والا نالہ |
 Vietnamese: dòng nước chảy xiết |
 Chinese: 激流，倾盆（大雨），不断谩骂 |
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