Engelsk navneord: deluge | |||
1. | deluge (om mængde el. mål) an overwhelming number or amount | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A flood of requests. A torrent of abuse. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | flood, inundation, torrent | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | ||
2. | deluge (om fænomen) a heavy rain | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | cloudburst, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | rain, rainfall | ||
3. | deluge (om fænomen) the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Plains fertilized by annual inundations. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | alluvion, flood, inundation | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | geological phenomenon | ||
Mere specifikke termer | debacle, flash flood, flashflood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: deluge | |||
1. | deluge (om relation) fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The basement was inundated after the storm. The images flooded his mind. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | flood, inundate, swamp | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | fill, fill up, make full | ||
2. | deluge (om kommunikation) charge someone with too many tasks | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | flood out, overwhelm | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | burden, charge, saddle | ||
3. | deluge (om ændring) fill or cover completely, usually with water | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | The swollen rivers deluge the area with water | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | inundate, submerge | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | flood | ||