deluge
11deluge — Deluge, Diluuium. Deluge d eau, Eluuio, Cataclysmus. Un deluge de tous biens, Eluuies. Petit deluge, Alluuies …
12Deluge — Del uge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deluged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deluging}.] 1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm. [1913 Webster] The deluged earth would useless grow. Blackmore. [1913 Webster] 2. To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; …
13deluge — [n] downpour, flood of something avalanche, barrage, cataclysm, cataract, drencher, flux, inundation, niagara, overflowing, overrunning, pour, rush, spate, torrent; concepts 432,524,787 deluge [v1] inundate with water douse, drench, drown, engulf …
14deluge — [del′yo͞oj΄] n. [ME < OFr < L diluvium < dis, off, from + luere, var. of lavare, to LAVE1] 1. a great flood 2. a heavy rainfall 3. an overwhelming, floodlike rush of anything [a deluge of visitors] vt. deluged …
15Déluge — (franz., spr. lüsch ), Überschwemmung, Sünd oder Sintflut. Vgl. Après nous le déluge …
16deluge — (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. deluge (12c.), earlier deluve, from L. diluvium flood, inundation, from diluere wash away, from dis away (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + luere, comb. form of lavere to wash (see LAVE (Cf …
17deluge — ► NOUN 1) a severe flood or very heavy fall of rain. 2) a great quantity of something arriving at the same time: a deluge of complaints. ► VERB 1) inundate; overwhelm. 2) flood. ORIGIN Old French, from Latin diluvium, from diluere wash away …
18deluge — index cataclysm, immerse (plunge into), inundate, overage, overcome (overwhelm), overload, overwhelm …
19deluge — n *flood, inundation, torrent, spate, cataract Analogous words: *flow, stream, current, flux, tide …
20Déluge — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Deluge (logiciel). Le Déluge, par Gustave Doré …
