'STORM' definitions:
Definition of 'storm'
From: WordNet
noun
A violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning [syn: storm, violent storm]
noun
A violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot" [syn: storm, tempest]
noun
A direct and violent assault on a stronghold
verb
verb
Take by force; "Storm the fort" [syn: storm, force]
verb
Rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning; "If it storms, we'll need shelter"
verb
Blow hard; "It was storming all night"
verb
Attack by storm; attack suddenly [syn: storm, surprise]
Definition of 'Storm'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Storm'
From: GCIDE
- Storm \Storm\, v. i. [Cf. AS. styrman.]
- 1. To raise a tempest. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; -- used impersonally; as, it storms. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume. [1913 Webster]
- The master storms, the lady scolds. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Storm'
From: GCIDE
- Storm \Storm\, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. Stratum). [root]166.]
- 1. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not. [1913 Webster]
- We hear this fearful tempest sing, Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult. [1913 Webster]
- I will stir up in England some black storm. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Her sister Began to scold and raise up such a storm. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence. [1913 Webster]
- A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mil.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Storm is often used in the formation of self-explained compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof, storm-tossed, and the like. [1913 Webster]
- Anticyclonic storm (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often by clear sky. Called also high-area storm, anticyclone. When attended by high winds, snow, and freezing temperatures such storms have various local names, as blizzard, wet norther, purga, buran, etc.
- Cyclonic storm. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See Cyclone, above.
- Magnetic storm. See under Magnetic.
- Storm-and-stress period [a translation of G. sturm und drang periode], a designation given to the literary agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the 18th century.
- Storm center (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by a storm, especially by a storm of large extent.
- Storm door (Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in summer.
- Storm path (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or storm center, travels.
- Storm petrel. (Zool.) See Stormy petrel, under Petrel.
- Storm sail (Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy sails that are bent and set in stormy weather.
- Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Tempest; violence; agitation; calamity.
- Usage: Storm, Tempest. Storm is violent agitation, a commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not necessarily implying the fall of anything from the clouds. Hence, to call a mere fall or rain without wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the word. A tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as those common on the coast of Italy, where the term originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain, with lightning and thunder. [1913 Webster]
- Storms beat, and rolls the main; O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in vain. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- What at first was called a gust, the same Hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name. --Donne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'storm'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- agitation,
- assail,
- assault,
- attack,
- ball the jack,
- barbarize,
- barrage,
- barrel,
- batter,
- be angry,
- be excitable,
- be livid,
- be pissed,
- bellow,
- beset,
- besiege,
- black squall,
- blast,
- blaze,
- blaze of temper,
- blitz,
- blitzkrieg,
- blizzard,
- blow,
- blow a gasket,
- blow a hurricane,
- blow great guns,
- blow over,
- blow up,
- blowup,
- bluff,
- bluster,
- bluster and bluff,
- board,
- boil,
- bombard,
- boom,
- bounce,
- bowl along,
- brag,
- breeze,
- breeze along,
- breeze up,
- brew,
- broadside,
- browned off,
- brush,
- brutalize,
- bully,
- burn,
- burst,
- bustle,
- butcher,
- cannonade,
- carry on,
- catch fire,
- catch the infection,
- chafe,
- clamor,
- clatter,
- clip,
- cloudburst,
- come apart,
- come up,
- commotion,
- convulsion,
- cut along,
- cyclone,
- deluge,
- destroy,
- dirty weather,
- disorder,
- disturbance,
- downpour,
- drumfire,
- equinoctial,
- eruption,
- escalade,
- excite easily,
- explode,
- explosion,
- fall,
- fire up,
- fire upon,
- fit,
- flame up,
- flare up,
- flare-up,
- flash up,
- fleet,
- flip,
- flit,
- fly,
- fly low,
- foot,
- foray,
- foul weather,
- freshen,
- fret,
- fume,
- fusillade,
- gale,
- gasconade,
- gather,
- get excited,
- go fast,
- go into hysterics,
- go on,
- gust,
- hail,
- half a gale,
- hammer,
- harmattan,
- hassle,
- have a conniption,
- have a tantrum,
- heavy blow,
- hector,
- high words,
- highball,
- hit the ceiling,
- howl,
- hubbub,
- huff,
- hurly-burly,
- hurricane,
- ill wind,
- inroad,
- intimidate,
- inundate,
- invade,
- irruption,
- khamsin,
- lay siege to,
- lay waste,
- line squall,
- line storm,
- loot,
- make a raid,
- make an inroad,
- make knots,
- maul,
- mistral,
- monsoon,
- mug,
- nip,
- out-herod Herod,
- outbreak,
- outburst,
- outcry,
- outpouring,
- outstrip the wind,
- overwhelm,
- paroxysm,
- pillage,
- pipe up,
- pissed off,
- pother,
- pour it on,
- puff,
- rage,
- raid,
- rain,
- rainstorm,
- raise Cain,
- raise hell,
- raise the devil,
- raise the roof,
- ramp,
- rampage,
- rant,
- rant and rave,
- rape,
- rave,
- riot,
- rip,
- roar,
- roister,
- rollick,
- rough weather,
- ruction,
- ruin,
- rumpus,
- run a temperature,
- sack,
- salvo,
- samiel,
- sandstorm,
- savage,
- scale,
- scale the walls,
- scene,
- scorch,
- seethe,
- seizure,
- set in,
- shell,
- shower,
- siege,
- simmer,
- simoom,
- sirocco,
- sizzle,
- skim,
- slang,
- slaughter,
- sleet,
- smoke,
- smolder,
- snow,
- snowstorm,
- sow chaos,
- spasm,
- speed,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- squall,
- squall line,
- stew,
- stir,
- storm along,
- storm wind,
- storming,
- stormy weather,
- stormy winds,
- strife,
- strike,
- strong wind,
- swagger,
- swashbuckle,
- sweep,
- take by storm,
- take fire,
- take on,
- taking by storm,
- tear,
- tear along,
- tear around,
- tempest,
- tempestuous rage,
- tempestuous wind,
- terrorize,
- thick squall,
- throw a fit,
- thunder,
- thunder along,
- thundersquall,
- thunderstorm,
- to-do,
- tornado,
- tropical cyclone,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- turn a hair,
- typhoon,
- ugly wind,
- upheaval,
- vandalize,
- vapor,
- violate,
- violent blow,
- volley,
- waft,
- whiff,
- whiffle,
- whirlwind,
- whisk,
- white squall,
- whiz,
- whole gale,
- williwaw,
- wind-shift line,
- windstorm,
- wreck,
- zing,
- zip,
- zoom
Acronyms for 'STORM'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Statistically-Oriented Matrix Program
Words containing 'STORM'
- Stormed,
- Stormful,
- Stormfulness,
- Storming,
- Anticyclonic storm,
- Cyclonic storm,
- Magnetic storm,
- Sand storm,
- Storm Lake,
- Storm center,
- Storm door,
- Storm path,
- Storm petrel,
- Storm sail,
- Storm scud,
- Storming party,
- debris storm,
- dust storm,
- electric storm,
- electrical storm,
- equinoctial storm,
- ice storm,
- line storm,
- silver storm,
- storm cellar,
- storm centre,
- storm cloud,
- storm clouds,
- storm cone,
- storm lamp,
- storm lantern,
- storm sash,
- storm signal,
- storm trooper,
- storm troops,
- storm window,
- take by storm,
- violent storm,
- weather the storm,
- Storm Lake, IA,
- Storm-beat,
- northern storm petrel,
- operation desert storm,
- storm-beaten,
- storm-tossed,
- Storm-and-stress period,
- high-area storm,
- low-area storm,
- stormbound storm-bound,
- storm-tossed tempest-tossed tempest-tost tempest-swept