| Main Entry: | freshet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flood |
Synonyms: |
alluvion, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, downpour, flux, gush, inundation, outpouring, overflow, spate, stream, surge, torrent |
| Main Entry: | flood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overwhelming flow, quantity |
Synonyms: |
abundance, alluvion, bore, bounty, cataclysm, cataract, current, deluge, downpour, drencher, drift, eager, excess, flow, flux, freshet, glut, inundation, multitude, niagara, outgushing, outpouring, overflow, plenty, pour, profusion, rush, spate, stream, superabundance, superfluity, surge, surplus, tide, torrent, tsunami, wave |
| Main Entry: | stream |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small river |
Synonyms: |
beck, branch, brook, burn, course, creek, current, drift, flood, flow, freshet, race, rill, rindle, rivulet, run, runnel, rush, spate, spritz, surge, tide, torrent, tributary, watercourse |
| Notes: | a stream is smaller than a river, a creek is smaller than a stream but larger than a brook; stream, brook, creek, and rivulet are applied interchangeably to any small river |
| Main Entry: | flash flood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden rainfall |
Synonyms: |
deluge, freshet, heavy rainfall, torrent, wall of water, waterflood |
| Main Entry: | overflowing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overflow |
Synonyms: |
copiousness, cornucopia, deluge, exuberance, freshet, inundation, profusion, redundance, redundancy, spate, spillway, superabundance |
| Concept: | [Fluid in motion] Stream. |
| Category: | 2. Fluid matter; fluids in motion |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
stream (of water), (of air) [more].
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