Definition of deluge Deluge

/dɛˈljuʤ/ - [delyuj] - Del•uge

We found 14 definitions of deluge from 6 different sources.

What does deluge mean?

Verb deluges, deluging, deluged
deluge - fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
		flood, inundate, swamp
		make full, fill up, fill eat until one is sated; "He filled up on turkey"
		flood in arrive in great numbers
deluge - fill or cover completely, usually with water
		inundate, submerge
		flood cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
deluge - charge someone with too many tasks
		overwhelm, flood out
		burden, saddle, charge weight down with a load

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deluge (n.)
A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).
deluge (n.)
Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.
deluge (v. t.)
To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
deluge (v. t.)
To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe.

deluge
del′ūj, n. a great overflow of water: a flood: esp. that in the days of Noah.—v.t. to inundate: to overwhelm as with water. [Fr.,—L. diluvium—diluĕre—dis, away, luĕre, to wash.]

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