torrent

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  1. noun A turbulent, swift-flowing stream.
  2. noun A heavy downpour; a deluge.
  3. noun A heavy, uncontrolled outpouring: a torrent of insults; torrents of mail.

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  • This torrent is an attempt to palliate that disappointment and to treat the —  Mininova
  • You think this torrent is a fake? has a Trojan? has a Virus? —  Mininova
  • We're proud that at the time the torrent was the most downloaded one (laughs). —  Computer And Video Games
  • Included with the torrent is the CUE and LOG from EAC. —  Fulldls.com
  • Once a torrent has been added to their system, they will periodically poll the tracker for peer IPs and then use GeoIP technology to identify UK-based IPs. —  The Register
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flood ·  stream ·  storm ·  gust ·  rush ·  outburst ·  shower ·  roar ·  tempest ·  blast ·  whirlwind ·  fury

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torrent:   torrents
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin torrēns, torrent-, from present participle of torrēre, to burn; see ters- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French torrent =Provencal torrent =Spanish Portuguese Italian torrente, a torrent; from Latin torren (t-)s, burning, scorching, of a stream, boiling, roaring, rushing, and hence, as a noun, a rushing stream (not, as some explain it, literally a stream of water that ‘dries up’ in the heat of summer), present participle of torrere, dry by heat, parch, roast (cf. terra for *tersa, ‘dry land’), =Greek τέρσεσ, σ1θαι, become dry, =Gothic (Moesogothic) thairsan, be dry; cf. thaursus, dry, thaurstei, etc., thirst, =Sanskrit √ tarsh, thirst: see thirst.
 

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