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deluge
(encz) | deluge,povodeň Zdeněk Brož |
deluge
(encz) | deluge,záplava n: Zdeněk Brož |
deluge
(encz) | deluge,zaplavit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Deluge
(gcide) | Deluge \Del"uge\ (d[e^]l"[-u]j), n. [F. d['e]luge, L. diluvium,
fr. diluere wash away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare
to wash. See Lave, and cf. Diluvium.]
1. 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.).
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2. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great
destruction. "The deluge of summer." --Lowell.
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A fiery deluge fed
With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed. --Milton.
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As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London]
street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial
ground, which has still survived in the deluge. --F.
Harrison.
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After me the deluge.
(Apr['e]s moi le d['e]luge.) --Madame de
Pompadour.
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Deluge
(gcide) | Deluge \Del"uge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deluged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deluging.]
1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
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The deluged earth would useless grow. --Blackmore.
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2. 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.
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At length corruption, like a general flood . . .
Shall deluge all. --Pope.
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deluge
(wn) | deluge
n 1: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a
torrent of abuse" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge,
torrent]
2: a heavy rain [syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge,
waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker]
3: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto
normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
[syn: flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion]
v 1: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the
basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images
flooded his mind" [syn: deluge, flood, inundate,
swamp]
2: charge someone with too many tasks [syn: overwhelm,
deluge, flood out]
3: fill or cover completely, usually with water [syn:
inundate, deluge, submerge] |
deluge
(devil) | DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away
the sins (and sinners) of the world.
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deluge
(encz) | deluge,povodeň Zdeněk Broždeluge,záplava n: Zdeněk Broždeluge,zaplavit v: Zdeněk Brož |
deluged
(encz) | deluged,zaplavený adj: Zdeněk Broždeluged,zaplavil v: Zdeněk Brož |
Deluged
(gcide) | Deluge \Del"uge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deluged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deluging.]
1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
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The deluged earth would useless grow. --Blackmore.
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2. 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.
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At length corruption, like a general flood . . .
Shall deluge all. --Pope.
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Undeluged
(gcide) | Undeluged \Undeluged\
See deluged. |
deluge
(wn) | deluge
n 1: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a
torrent of abuse" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge,
torrent]
2: a heavy rain [syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge,
waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker]
3: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto
normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
[syn: flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion]
v 1: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the
basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images
flooded his mind" [syn: deluge, flood, inundate,
swamp]
2: charge someone with too many tasks [syn: overwhelm,
deluge, flood out]
3: fill or cover completely, usually with water [syn:
inundate, deluge, submerge] |
noachian deluge
(wn) | Noachian deluge
n 1: (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of
Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was
brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of
human beings [syn: Noah's flood, Noachian deluge, {Noah
and the Flood}, the Flood] |
deluge
(devil) | DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away
the sins (and sinners) of the world.
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