delugenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdel.juːdʒ/us/ˈdel.juːdʒ/a very large amount of rain or water:
This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily.
a deluge of sth
a lot of something:
The newspaper received a deluge of complaints/letters/phone calls about the article.
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Precipitation: rain
- acid rain
- bucket
- bucket down
- cloudburst
- drizzle
- heaven
- it's raining cats and dogs! idiom
- puddle
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rainstorm
- rainwater
- Scotch mist
- sheet
- shower
- sprinkle
- teem
- wash
- washout
- wet
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Floods, tides & currents
Masses and large amounts of things
delugeverb [ T usually passive ]
uk/ˈdel.juːdʒ/us/ˈdel.juːdʒ/to cover something with a lot of water:
The city was deluged when the river burst its banks.
figurative We've been deluged with (= have received a lot of) replies.
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Wet weather & wetness
- bedraggled
- clammy
- dampen
- douse
- dreich
- dripping
- drown
- look like a drowned rat idiom
- misty
- mizzle
- moist
- moisten
- rainy
- rehydration
- saturated
- soaking
- sodden
- soggy
- sun shower
- sweat
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