storm

1. (US, impersonal)Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.

   It stormed throughout the night.

   rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning

2. (transitive)To make (someone or something) stormy; to agitate (someone or something) violently.

3. (figuratively, transitive)To disturb or trouble (someone).

4. (figuratively, transitive)To use (harsh language).

5. (transitive)To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.

   the storming of the Bastille

   Troops stormed the complex.

   stürmen

   штурмова́тьšturmovátʹ

   штурмува́тиšturmuváty

6. To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.

   (figuratively, often, poetic, transitive)To assault or gain control or power over (someone's heart, mind, etc.).

7. (broadly, especially, transitive)To catch up (on production output) by making frenzied or herculean efforts.

   They were storming near the end of the month to salvage some goodwill.

8. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To protect (seed-hay) from stormy weather by putting sheaves of them into small stacks.

9. (intransitive)Of the weather: to be violent, with strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.

10. (intransitive)To be exposed to harsh (especially cold) weather.

11. (figuratively, intransitive)To move noisily and quickly like a storm (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1), usually in a state of anger or uproar.

    She stormed out of the room.

12. (broadly, figuratively, intransitive)To move quickly in the course of an assault on a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.

1. After a storm comes a calm.

   Після грози виходить сонце. — deniko

   deNach dem Regen kommt Sonnenschein. — xtofu80

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2. How long will this storm last?

   Скільки триватиме ця буря? — deniko

   ruСколько продлится эта буря? — fjay69

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3. This is the calm before the storm.

   Це затишшя перед бурею. — deniko

   ruЭто затишье перед бурей. — Biga

   deDas ist die Stille vor dem Sturm. — alik_farber

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4. We were late because of the storm.

   Ми спізнилися через зливу. — deniko

   ruМы опоздали из-за шторма. — joulin

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5. There is going to be a storm.

   Буде буря. — rmdas

   ruБудет буря. — marafon

   deEs kommt ein Gewitter auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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regular · Lesson

• storm offTo leave somewhere angrily
• storm outTo leave or depart angrily.
• storm inTo enter a place angrily.