deluge
deluge is a 6-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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.). Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.
- transitive verb. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
- transitive verb. 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.
- 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
- verb. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
"the basement was inundated after the storm"
"The images flooded his mind"
Synonyms
alluvion, flood, inundation, cloudburst, downpour, pelter, soaker, torrent, waterspout, inundate, submerge, overwhelm, swamp
Common word forms
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