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Meanings of
downpour
in English
Portuguese
aguaceiro
Catalan
bàtec
Spanish
aguacero
Back to the meaning
A heavy rain.
torrent
deluge
pelter
waterspout
cloudburst
soaker
Portuguese
aguaceiro
Synonyms
Examples for "
torrent
"
torrent
deluge
pelter
waterspout
cloudburst
Examples for "
torrent
"
1
Wordplay update: And thanks for the
torrent
of suggested fun-sounding negative words.
2
The bed of the
torrent
served him for the first few miles.
3
His words, however, were drowned in a
torrent
of bravos and catcalls.
4
The water is a roaring
torrent
in the bottom of the gully.
5
Joe: Resolute will almost certainly be available on
torrent
-
tracking
sites like Mininova.
1
The
deluge
of information is expected to increase efficiency and lower prices.
2
The program has struggled under a
deluge
of thousands of unprocessed cases.
3
Blistering heat can turn to a freezing
deluge
in minutes, Sillerud said.
4
The number of malware attacks on point-of-sale systems is becoming a
deluge
.
5
We ignored a
deluge
of irrepressible questions I could not answer now.
1
Will you stand there and
pelter
with me, man?
2
Peering up through the skylight, she could see the raindrops that had started to
pelter
the glass.
3
Sketching is always a peltable or mobable offence, as being contrary to the Koran, and sitting down tempts the
pelter
.
4
Turn left, following the riverside path through woodland to reach
Pelter
Bridge.
5
It halted near the railroad, and Jesse
Pelter
sprang to the ground.
1
The ship was lowered about a hundred feet away from the
waterspout
.
2
By this flood, we may judge of the
waterspout
's
power of suction.
3
He's just been wrastlin' with a
waterspout
and he's some wore out.
4
A spectacular
waterspout
swept across a Belgian beach causing damage along the shore.
5
The rain fell like a
waterspout
,
and the throng immediately fled for shelter.
1
Once black clouds gathered in the distance, to pour out a
cloudburst
.
2
Torrential rains were poured upon the hills from a
cloudburst
exceptionally savage.
3
It was a
cloudburst
-
adownpoursuch as Hiram had seldom experienced before.
4
The whole land seemed to have become saturated and overflowed by the
cloudburst
.
5
Whitney's
cloudburst
of gentle sobs echoed in the room behind me.
1
I'd like ter t'ump him a
soaker
on de jaw meself.
2
We just need a
soaker
to really help things out.
3
A nice steady
soaker
that chased everyone off the beach.
4
For a large garden, you may need elaborate
soaker
hoses, sprinklers, and drip irrigation pipes.
5
The sun's a good pimple, an honest
soaker
,
he has a cellar at your Antipodes.
Usage of
downpour
in English
1
Mr Goff said the water system was coping despite the latest
downpour
.
2
However, at least some of the
downpour
went where it was needed.
3
They sat in awkward silence, listening to the
downpour
and the wind.
4
A brief
downpour
of rain drenched the place and left her untouched.
5
An hour ago we had thunder and lightning, and a torrential
downpour
.
6
In the
downpour
I could no longer tell if I was crying.
7
There was a
downpour
and the driver lost control of the car.
8
Natalie stared straight ahead through a window made opaque by the
downpour
.
9
The SAWS warns that the heavy
downpour
could lead to localised flooding.
10
Torrential rain continued to hit the south-east yesterday following Sunday's constant
downpour
.
11
We finally found the herd up ahead, moving slowly through the
downpour
.
12
Toward dawn the rain let up until it was a mere
downpour
.
13
It drove the rain-
a
heavy
downpour
by this time-rattlingagainst the windows.
14
As the door of 111 slammed behind me, the
downpour
suddenly slackened.
15
Outside, rain made a steady
downpour
,
but the wind was almost tolerable.
16
In fact, the deafening drumming of a
downpour
hammered the tent's roof.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
downpour
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
heavy downpour
torrential downpour
sudden downpour
tropical downpour
relentless downpour
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Translations for
downpour
Portuguese
aguaceiro
temporal
Catalan
bàtec
xàfec
ruixat
Spanish
aguacero
turbión
Downpour
through the time
Downpour
across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
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