DELUGE


Meaning of DELUGE in English

n. & v.

n. 1 a great flood. 2 (the Deluge) the biblical Flood (Gen. 6-8). 3 a great outpouring (of words, paper, etc.). 4 a heavy fall of rain.

v.tr. 1 flood. 2 inundate with a great number or amount (deluged with complaints).

[ ME f. OF f. L diluvium, rel. to lavare wash ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.