'Torrent' definitions:
Definition of 'torrent'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
A violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent" [syn: torrent, violent stream]
noun
An overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" [syn: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent]
Definition of 'Torrent'
From: GCIDE
- Torrent \Tor"rent\, a. [See Torrent, n.] Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. "Waves of torrent fire." --Milton. [1913 Webster] Torrential
Definition of 'Torrent'
From: GCIDE
- Torrent \Tor"rent\, n. [F., fr. L. torrens, -entis, fr. torrens burning, roaring, boiling, p. pr. of torrere to dry by heat, to burn. See Torrid.]
- 1. A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice. [1913 Webster]
- The roaring torrent is deep and wide. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood; as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence. [1913 Webster]
- At length, Erasmus, that great injured name, . . . Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'torrent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antelope,
- arrow,
- belch,
- blue darter,
- blue streak,
- burst,
- cannonball,
- cascade,
- cataclysm,
- cataract,
- courser,
- dart,
- debouchment,
- deluge,
- dissiliency,
- eagle,
- effusion,
- electricity,
- eructation,
- eruption,
- express train,
- flare-up,
- flash,
- flood,
- flooding,
- flow,
- fresh,
- freshet,
- gazelle,
- greased lightning,
- greyhound,
- gush,
- gushing,
- hare,
- inundation,
- jet,
- jet plane,
- light,
- lightning,
- mercury,
- Niagara,
- outbreak,
- outburst,
- outpouring,
- overflow,
- pour,
- quicksilver,
- rapids,
- river,
- rocket,
- rush,
- scared rabbit,
- shot,
- spate,
- spew,
- spurt,
- streak,
- streak of lightning,
- stream,
- striped snake,
- swallow,
- thought,
- thunderbolt,
- tide,
- volcan,
- waterflood,
- wind