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. — odexed
deTom wurde durch die Lawine getötet. — Manfredo
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