torrent
Rolling or rushing in a rapid streamRolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
» Down came the rain in torrents.
Es regnete in Strömen. — Sudajaengi
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1 sensesRolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
Examples
23 sentencesDown came the rain in torrents.
deEs regnete in Strömen. — Sudajaengi
Down come the rain in torrents.
It started to rain in torrents.
ruЛиванул дождь. — marafon
The cave was toward a torrent.
The rain came down in torrents.
ruДождь хлынул как из ведра. — Karok
deEs regnete in Strömen. — Sudajaengi
Origin
Borrowed from French torrent, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrentem, accusative of tBorrowed from French torrent, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrentem, accusative of torrēns (“burning, seething, roaring”), from Latin torrēre (“to parch, scorch”).
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Forms
more torrent, most torrent| Comparative | more torrent Lesson |
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| Superlative | most torrent Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.