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- Dictionarydel·uge/ˈdelˌyo͞oj/
noun
- 1. a severe flood: "this may be the worst deluge in living memory" Similar
verb
- 1. inundate with a great quantity of something: "he has been deluged with offers of work" Similar
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The meaning of DELUGE is an overflowing of the land by water. How to use deluge in a sentence.
DELUGE definition: 1. a very large amount of rain or water: 2. a lot of something: 3. to cover something with a lot…. Learn more.
The noun deluge is an overwhelming amount of something in general, such as work, people, or questions. Because of its Latin roots, however, in particular it means an overwhelming amount of water. It comes from diluvian , which means flood.
A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time. If a place or person is deluged with things, a large number of them arrive or happen at the same time. A deluge is a sudden, very heavy fall of rain. About a dozen homes were damaged in the deluge.
noun. a great flood of water; inundation; flood. a drenching rain; downpour. anything that overwhelms like a flood: a deluge of mail. Synonyms: catastrophe, cataclysm. the Deluge. flood ( def 3 ). verb (used with object) , del·uged, del·ug·ing. to flood; inundate. to overrun; overwhelm: She was deluged with congratulatory letters. Deluge. 1.
deluge. noun. /ˈdeljuːdʒ/. /ˈdeljuːdʒ/. [usually singular] a severe flood; a sudden very heavy fall of rain synonym flood. When the snow melts, the mountain stream becomes a deluge. The earlier deluge had given way to more normal rain.
n. 1. a great flood of water. 2. torrential rain; downpour. 3. an overwhelming rush or number: a deluge of requests. vb ( tr) 4. to flood, as with water; soak, swamp, or drown. 5. to overwhelm or overrun; inundate.
verb. /ˈdeljuːdʒ/ Verb Forms. [usually passive] to send or give somebody/something a large number of things at the same time synonym flood, inundate. be deluged (with something) We have been deluged with applications for the job. He was deluged with phone calls from friends and colleagues.
Definition of deluge noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. a great flood of water; inundation; flood. a drenching rain; downpour. anything that overwhelms like a flood: a deluge of mail. Synonyms: catastrophe, cataclysm. the Deluge. flood ( def 3 ). verb (used with object) , del·uged, del·ug·ing. to flood; inundate. to overrun; overwhelm: She was deluged with congratulatory letters. Deluge. 1.
