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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024del•uge /ˈdɛlyudʒ/USA pronunciation n., v., -uged, -ug•ing. n. [countable] - a great flood of water.
- Bible the Deluge, flood (def. 3).
- a drenching rain;
downpour:a deluge from the skies.
v. [ ~ + obj] - to flood;
inundate:The flooding river deluged the town. - to overwhelm:We deluged our representatives with requests.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024del•uge (del′yo̅o̅j, -yo̅o̅zh, del′o̅o̅j, -o̅o̅zh, di lo̅o̅j′, -lo̅o̅zh′),USA pronunciation n., v., -uged, -ug•ing. n. - a great flood of water;
inundation;
flood. - a drenching rain;
downpour. - anything that overwhelms like a flood:a deluge of mail.
- Bible the Deluge. See flood (def. 3).
v.t. - to flood;
inundate. - to overrun;
overwhelm:She was deluged with congratulatory letters.
- Latin dīluvium flood, equivalent. to dīluv-, base of dīluere to wash away, dissolve (dī- di2 + -luere, combining form of lavere to wash) + -ium -ium
- Old French
- Middle English 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See flood.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cataclysm, catastrophe.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: deluge /ˈdɛljuːdʒ/ n - a great flood of water
- torrential rain; downpour
vb (transitive)- to flood, as with water; soak, swamp, or drown
- to overwhelm or overrun; inundate
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, from Latin dīluvium a washing away, flood, from dīluere to wash away, drench, from di- dis-1 + -luere, from lavere to wash Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Deluge /ˈdɛljuːdʒ/ n - the Deluge ⇒
another name for the Flood1
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