spate

spate

S0609500 (spāt)n.1. A sudden flood, rush, or outpouring: "It issues a spate of words from the loudspeakers and the politicians" (Virginia Woolf).2. Chiefly British a. A flash flood.b. A freshet resulting from a downpour of rain or melting of snow.c. A sudden heavy fall of rain.

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[Middle English, of unknown origin.]

spate

(speɪt) n1. a fast flow, rush, or outpouring: a spate of words. 2. (Physical Geography) chiefly Brit a sudden flood: the rivers were in spate. 3. (Physical Geography) chiefly Brit a sudden heavy downpour[C15 (Northern and Scottish): of unknown origin]

spate

(speɪt)

n. 1. a sudden, almost overwhelming outpouring. 2. Brit. a. a flood. b. a river flooding its banks. c. a sudden or heavy rainstorm. [1400–50; late Middle English (north), of obscure orig.]

spate

- A sudden flood or rush, an outpouring.See also related terms for rush.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spate - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sightlarge indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitudedeluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
	2.	spate - a sudden forceful flow surge, upsurge, rushflow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)debris storm, debris surge - the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building; "the destruction of the building produced an enormous debris surge"onrush - a forceful forward rush or flow; "from the bow she stared at the mesmerising onrush of the sea where it split and foamed"; "the explosion interrupted the wild onrush of her thoughts"
	3.	spate - the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snowfreshetflow, flowing - the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

spate

noun flood, flow, torrent, rush, deluge, outpouring the current spate of scandals

spate

noun1. A sudden or rapid flowing outward:efflux, gush, outflow, outpour, outpouring.2. Something suggestive of running water:current, drift, flood, flow, flux, rush, stream, surge, tide.3. Chiefly British. An abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain:alluvion, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, downpour, flood, freshet, inundation, Niagara, overflow, torrent.

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