flood overflow outpouring | a large flow |
rain dance | a ritual dance intended to bring rain |
flood control | (engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc in order to minimize the occurrence of floods |
flood flowage | the act of flooding, filling to overflowing |
flood floodlight flood lamp photoflood | light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam, used in photography |
rain barrel | a barrel used as a cistern to hold rainwater |
rain gauge rain gage pluviometer udometer | gauge consisting of an instrument to measure the quantity of precipitation |
rain stick | a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends, makes the sound of falling rain when tilted, origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain |
rain pelting | anything happening rapidly or in quick successive, a rain of bullets, a pelting of insults |
rain check | a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain |
rain check | a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future |
flood tide flood rising tide | the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide), a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune -Shakespeare |
climax flood tide | the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding, the climax of the artist's career, in the flood tide of his success |
rain forest rainforest | a forest with heavy annual rainfall |
temperate rain forest | a rain forest in a temperate area |
tropical rain forest selva | a rain forest in a tropical area |
rain shadow | an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it |
floodplain flood plain | a low plain adjacent to a river that is formed chiefly of river sediment and is subject to flooding |
nimbus nimbus cloud rain cloud | a dark grey cloud bearing rain |
Jupiter Pluvius Rain-giver | an epithet for Jupiter |
Rain-in-the-Face | a chief of the Sioux, he was with Sitting Bull and others at the Battle of Little Bighorn () when General Custer's troops were massacred (-) |
flood inundation deluge alluvion | the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land, plains fertilized by annual inundations |
flash flood flashflood | a sudden local flood of great volume and short duration |
Noah's flood Noachian deluge Noah and the Flood the Flood | (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah, it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings |
rain rainfall | water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere |
shower rain shower | a brief period of precipitation, the game was interrupted by a brief shower |
rain tree saman monkeypod monkey pod zaman zamang Albizia saman | large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle |
common laburnum golden chain golden rain Laburnum anagyroides | an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum, often cultivated for Easter decorations |
rain-wash | the washing away of soil or other loose material by rain |
flood inundation deluge torrent | an overwhelming number or amount, a flood of requests, a torrent of abuse |
acid rain acid precipitation | rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water |
rain rainwater | drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds |
rain date | an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date, the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday |
flood | cover with liquid, usually water, The swollen river flooded the village, The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes |
flood | become filled to overflowing, Our basement flooded during the heavy rains |
overwhelm deluge flood out | charge someone with too many tasks |
deluge flood inundate swamp | fill quickly beyond capacity, as with a liquid, the basement was inundated after the storm, The images flooded his mind |
flood in | arrive in great numbers |
flood oversupply glut | supply with an excess of, flood the market with tennis shoes, Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient |
rain out wash out | prevent or interrupt due to rain, The storm had washed out the game |
rain rain down | precipitate as rain, If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding |
pour pelt stream rain cats and dogs rain buckets | rain heavily, Put on your rain coat-- it's pouring outside! |