OPEN THE FLOODGATES

Meaning of OPEN THE FLOODGATES in English

v. phr. To let loose an outburst of human activity or emotion. It would open the floodgates of anger and discontent if the university raised tuition too soon.

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OPEN THE FLOODGATES — {v. phr.} To let loose an outburst of human activity or emotion. * /It would open the floodgates of anger …
Slang English vocab
OPEN THE FLOODGATES — {v. phr.} To let loose an outburst of human activity or emotion. * /It would open the floodgates of anger …
Словарь английских идиом
OPEN THE FLOODGATES — давать волю, расплакаться, залиться слезами
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OPEN THE FLOODGATES — давать волю, расплакаться, залиться слезами
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
OPEN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a competition is open to sb (= used to say who can enter a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OPEN
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OPEN — I. ˈōpən, esp before consonants -p ə m adjective ( opener -p(ə)nə(r) ; openest -p(ə)nə̇st) Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPEN — — openly , adv. — openness , n. /oh"peuhn/ , adj. 1. not closed or barred at the time, as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OPEN — I. ˈō-pən, -p ə m adjective ( open·er ˈōp-nər, ˈō-pə- ; open·est ˈōp-nəst, ˈō-pə-) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OPEN — vi to bark on scent or view of the game. 2. open ·adj produced by an open string; as, an …
Webster English vocab
OPEN — [open] adj open.er ; open.est [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG offan open, OE up up] (bef. 12c) 1: having …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OPEN — / ˈəʊpən; NAmE ˈoʊ-/ adjective , verb , noun ■ adjective NOT CLOSED 1. allowing things or people to go …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPEN — adj., v., & n. --adj. 1 not closed or locked or blocked up; allowing entrance or passage or access. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OPEN — adj., v., & n. adj. 1 not closed or locked or blocked up; allowing entrance or passage or access. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OPEN — adj., v., & n. --adj. 1. not closed or locked or blocked up; allowing entrance or passage or access. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
OPEN — ( opens, opening, opened) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLOODGATES — If events open the floodgates to something, they make it possible for that thing to happen much more often or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OPEN — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FLOODGATES — If events open the ~ to something, they make it possible for that thing to happen much more often or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OPEN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OPEN — I. adjective 1. not closed or obstructed escaped through the open gate Synonyms: patent, unclosed, unobstructed Related Word: agape, dehiscent, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
OPEN — INDEX: 1. to open a door, window, box etc 2. when a door or window opens 3. an open door …
Longman Activator English vocab
OPEN — See ↑ AVAILABLE/NOT AVAILABLE 2, ↑ COMPUTERS/INTERNET/EMAIL 4, ↑ FASTEN/UNFASTEN 2, ↑ FREE 4, ↑ HIDE 11, ↑ HONEST 2, …
Longman Activator English vocab
OPEN — n. 25B6; adjective the door's open : NOT SHUT, not closed, unlocked, unbolted, unlatched, off the latch, unfastened, unsecured; ajar, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OPEN — adj. 1 ajar, gaping, agape, unfastened, unlocked, unbarred, unbolted, unlatched, unclosed Come on in - the door is open 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OPEN — 1. прил. 1) а) открытый with open eyes ≈ с открытыми глазами; перен. сознательно, учитывая все последствия an open door …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OPEN — 1. ʹəʋpən n 1. открытое место, пространство 2. ( обыкн. Open) турнир типа «опен» ( открытый для любителей и профессионалов …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OPEN — 1) безлопаточный 2) беспалубный 3) вскрывать 4) гласный 5) наружный 6) начальный 7) начинать 8) электр. незамкнутый 9) незаросший 10) незаштрихованный 11) открываться 12) открытый 13) развальный 14) размыкать 15) разомкнутый 16) раскрытый 17) распечатывать 18) светлый 19) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
OPEN — 1. ʹəʋpən n 1. открытое место, пространство 2. ( обыкн. Open) турнир типа «опен» ( открытый для любителей и профессионалов …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OPEN — 1. прил. 1) а) открытый, имеющий проход, доступный ( для чего-л. ) with open eyes — с открытыми глазами; перен. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
OPEN — 1. прил. 1) а) открытый, имеющий проход, доступный (для чего-л.) with open eyes — с открытыми глазами; перен. сознательно, учитывая все последствия open door …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
OPEN — 1. _a. 1> открытый; in the open air - на открытом воздухе; with open eyes - с открытыми глазами; _перен. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
OPEN — 1. a. 1. открытый; in the open air - на открытом воздухе; with open eyes - с открытыми глазами; перен. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
OPEN — 1. прил. 1) открытый 2) доступный • - open account - open an account - open cheque - open communicator - open competition - open contract - open cover - open …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
OPEN — 1. _a. 1> открытый; open sore открытая рана; язва {см. тж. sore 1}; in the open air на открытом воздухе; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
OPEN — открытый ; доступный ; свободный ; нерегулируемый ; начинать ; открывать ; вводить в эксплуатацию ; освоить ; ~ open …
Англо-Русский Деловой словарь
OPEN — 1. прил. 1) а) открытый with open eyes ≈ с открытыми глазами; перен. сознательно, учитывая все последствия an open door …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THE FLOODGATES — last restraints holding back a powerful outpouring. → floodgate
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHARF — I. ˈ(h)wȯ(ə)r]f, -ȯ(ə)] noun ( plural wharves ]vz\ ; also wharfs ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English wherf, wharf, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLUICE — I. ˈslüs noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English scluse, from Middle French escluse, from Late Latin exclusa dam, sluice, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BASIN — I. ˈbās ə n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English basin, from Old French bacin, from Late Latin bacchinon, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLOODGATE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English, from flood + gate 1. a. : a gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLOODLIT — adjective illuminate with floodlights. → the floodgates
Concise Oxford English vocab
OPERA BUFFA — (Italian: comic opera), genre of comic opera originating in Naples in the mid-18th century. It developed from the intermezzi, or …
Britannica English vocabulary
FLOODGATE — Floodgates of the Wanapum Dam on the Columbia River, Washington gate for shutting out or releasing the flow of water …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2000: LIFE-SCIENCES — BOTANY The politics surrounding the genetic engineering of plants became rancorous in 1999. In many Western European countries, trials of …
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TUNG-T'ING LAKE — WadeGiles romanization Tung-t'ing Hu, Pinyin Dongting Hu, large lake in northern Hunan Province, China. It lies in a basin to …
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GREENWICH — urban town (township), Fairfield county, southwestern Connecticut, U.S., on Long Island Sound. It was founded in 1640 by the New …
Britannica English vocabulary
FLOODGATE — / ˈflʌdgeɪt; NAmE / noun [ usually pl. ] a gate that can be opened or closed to control the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLOODGATE — flood ‧ gate /ˈflʌdɡeɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . open the floodgates a) if something opens the floodgates, or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
YOUR
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WITH
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
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UP
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TAKE
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SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
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S
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RIGHT
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RESTRICTION
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RACE
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PRESSURE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a pressure gauge ▪ He checked the pressure gauge on the oxygen cylinder. a …
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OUT
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