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# deluge

«deluge» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very heavy fall of rain or a great flood** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a deluge, deluges); verb (deluge, deluges, deluged, deluging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A deluge is a very heavy fall of rain or a great flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deluge/#m1)

2) A deluge is a huge amount of something arriving at once, like letters, questions or emails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deluge/#m2)

3) To be deluged with something is to get far too much of it at once. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deluge/#m3)

4) (Bible) The Deluge is another name for the great flood in the story of Noah. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deluge/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In weather and geography lessons, a deluge causes flooding; in stories it soaks the characters. In everyday life a teacher is deluged with questions, a shop with customers. In RE, the Deluge is Noah's flood. Phrases: «a deluge of rain», «a deluge of emails», «deluged with complaints».

### examples

- The deluge flooded the streets in minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deluge/#x1)
- We got caught in a deluge on the way home from school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deluge/#x2)
- The teacher was deluged with questions about the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deluge/#x3)
- After the advert, the shop received a deluge of orders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deluge/#x4)
- The story of the Deluge tells how Noah built the ark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deluge/#x5)
- The river burst its banks after three days of deluge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deluge/#x6)
- [14] This frightful monster had sprung from the slimy and stagnant waters which remained on the surface of the earth after the deluge of Deucalion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deluge/#x7)

### note

Said «DEL-yooj». Verb forms: deluged, deluging. A deluge is more than a shower: it is a downpour. Similar: downpour, torrent, flood.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deluge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deluge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.