spate
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(noun) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow |
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Synonyms: freshet |
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Related Words: flow, flowing |
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(noun) a sudden forceful flow |
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Synonyms: rush, surge, upsurge |
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Related Words: flow, flowing, onrush |
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(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "it must have cost plenty" |
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Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew |
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Related Words: deluge, flood, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, torrent |
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