Synonyms: torrent, violent stream
Definition: a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
Usage: the houses were swept away in the torrent
Similar words: current, stream
Definition: a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes)
Usage: the raft floated downstream on the current; he felt a stream of air; the hose ejected a stream of water
Synonyms: torrent, cloudburst, pelter, soaker, waterspout, downpour, deluge
Definition: a heavy rain
Definition: water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
Synonyms: flood, torrent, deluge, inundation
Definition: an overwhelming number or amount
Usage: a flood of requests; a torrent of abuse
Similar words: batch, mint, mountain, muckle, peck, passel, tidy sum, deal, spate, sight, slew, stack, heap, hatful, good deal, great deal, wad, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, lot, mass, mess, mickle, flock
Definition: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Usage: 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