deluge
21déluge — (dé lu j ) s. m. 1° Très grande inondation. • Ce fut de son temps qu arriva le déluge de Deucalion ; celui d Ogygès en Attique est beaucoup plus ancien, ROLLIN Hist. anc. Oeuvres, t. II, p. 496, dans POUGENS. • Des êtres vivants sans nombre …
22DÉLUGE — s. m. Très grande inondation. Le déluge de Deucalion. Le déluge d Ogygès. Les Américains parlent d un déluge arrivé autrefois dans leur pays. Il pleut à verse, c est un déluge. Le déluge universel, ou absolument, Le déluge, Le déluge qui… …
23DÉLUGE — n. m. Très grande inondation. Le déluge de Deucalion. Par exagération, Il pleut à verse, c’est un déluge. Le déluge universel, ou, elliptiquement, Le déluge, Le déluge qui, d’après le récit biblique, couvrit toute la terre et fit périr le genre… …
24deluge — [[t]de̱ljuːʤ[/t]] deluges, deluging, deluged 1) N COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n 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... This has brought a deluge… …
25Deluge — The name given to Noah s flood, the history of which is recorded in Gen. 7 and 8. It began in the year 2516 B.C., and continued twelve lunar months and ten days, or exactly one solar year. The cause of this judgment was the corruption… …
26deluge — del|uge1 [ˈdelju:dʒ] n [C ] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: Latin diluvium flood ] 1.) [usually singular] a large amount of something such as letters or questions that someone gets at the same time = ↑flood deluge of ▪ Viewers sent a… …
27deluge — 1. noun 1) homes were swept away by the deluge Syn: flood, torrent, spate 2) the deluge turned the field into a swamp Syn: downpour, torrential rain; thunderstorm, thundershower, rainstorm, cloudburst 3) …
28deluge — I UK [ˈdeljuːdʒ] / US [ˈdeljudʒ] noun [singular] 1) a lot of things all happening or arriving at the same time, especially if they are hard to deal with The company received a deluge of complaints about the defective product. 2) a) a very heavy… …
29deluge — /del yoohj, yoohzh, del oohj, oohzh, di loohj , loohzh /, n., v., deluged, deluging. n. 1. a great flood of water; inundation; flood. 2. a drenching rain; downpour. 3. anything that overwhelms like a flood: a deluge of mail. 4. the Deluge. See… …
30deluge — 1. noun /ˈdɛl.juːdʒ/ a) A great flood or rain. The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt. b) An overwhelming amount of something. The rock concert was a deluge of sound. 2 …
