avalanche
To descend like an avalancheTo descend like an avalanche.
» Tom was killed in the avalanche.
Tom wurde durch die Lawine getötet.
Тома убило лавиной.
Том погиб под лавиной.
Meaning
3 senses(intransitive)To descend like an avalanche.
(transitive)To come down upon; to overwhelm.
The shelf broke and the boxes avalanched the workers.
(transitive)To propel downward like an avalanche.
- gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
Examples
47 sentencesTom was killed in the avalanche.
ruТома убило лавиной.
deTom wurde durch die Lawine getötet.
Tom was killed in an avalanche.
Tom was buried in an avalanche.
Tom survived being buried under an avalanche.
The road was blocked by an avalanche.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From French avalanche, from Franco-Provençal (Savoy) avalançhe, blend of aval (“downhill”)From French avalanche, from Franco-Provençal (Savoy) avalançhe, blend of aval (“downhill”) and standard lavençhe, from Vulgar Latin *labanka (compare Occitan lavanca, Italian valanga), of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of Late Latin lābīna (“landslide”) (compare Franco-Provençal (Dauphiné) lavino, Romansh lavina), from Latin lābēs, from lābor (“to slip, slide”).
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Forms
avalanches, avalanching, avalanched, avalanched| Base form | avalanche · to avalanche |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | avalanches |
| Present participle | avalanching |
| Past simple | avalanched |
| Past participle | avalanched |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonyms- gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow:roll down
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle