deluge

[DelĀ·uge]

Feeling overwhelmed, like you're underwater? You might be experiencing a deluge like when you've been given a deluge of homework over vacation: a dozen term papers, two dozen books to read, and a mile high stack of math problems.

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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.).

Noun
the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"

Noun
a heavy rain

Noun
an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"

Verb
fill or cover completely, usually with water

Verb
charge someone with too many tasks

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Verb
fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"


n.
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.).

n.
Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.

v. t.
To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.

v. t.
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.


Deluge

Del"uge , n. [F. d'82luge, 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.). 2. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction. "The deluge of summer." Lowell.
A fiery deluge fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
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.
After me the deluge. (Apr'82s moi le d'82luge.)

Deluge

Del"uge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deluged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Deluging.] 1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
The deluged earth would useless grow.
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.
At length corruption, like a general fl . . . Shall deluge all.

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.).

To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.

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Usage Examples

Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.

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