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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Rushing in a stream.
  2. n. A rushing stream, as of water or lava; a stream flowing rapidly and with violence, as down the side of a hill or over a precipice.
  3. n. Figuratively, a violent or overwhelming flow; a flood: as, a torrent of abusive words.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A large amount of something, especially water or rain; a heavy stream or flow.
  2. adj. Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
  3. n. Internet A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.
  4. v. Internet slang, transitive To download in a torrent.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
  2. n. Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood.
  3. adj. Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an overwhelming number or amount
  2. n. a heavy rain
  3. n. a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)

Etymologies

  1. From BitTorrent and the file extension it uses for metadata (.torrent). (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin torrēns, torrent-, from present participle of torrēre, to burn; see ters- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (1)

Words with the same meaning

  1. flood

hypernyms (31)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. mountain
  2. muckle
  3. plenty
  4. mess
  5. mickle
  6. passel
  1. flock
  2. pot
  3. mass
  4. heap
  5. sight
  6. deal
  1. tidy sum
  2. hatful
  3. peck
  4. pile
  5. great deal
  6. quite a little
  1. mint
  2. batch
  3. slew
  4. lot
  5. spate
  6. stack
  1. raft
  2. good deal
  3. wad
  4. rainfall
  5. rain
  6. stream
  1. current

same context (20)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. flood
  2. stream
  3. storm
  4. gust
  1. rush
  2. outburst
  3. shower
  4. roar
  1. tempest
  2. blast
  3. whirlwind
  4. fury
  1. thunder
  2. burst
  3. waterfall
  4. cataract
  1. hurricane
  2. tumult
  3. cloud
  4. fountain

rhymes (2)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. abhorrent
  1. warrant

reverse dictionary (22)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. torrential
  2. merganetta
  3. river-portion
  4. gulch
  1. gully
  2. torrent-bow
  3. torrent
  4. Niagara
  1. blizzard
  2. unlock
  3. placer
  4. ravine
  1. water gall
  2. drift
  3. exhalation
  4. flume
  1. impetuous
  2. pour
  3. random
  4. tantivy
  1. tide
  2. water-gall

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  1. bird
  1. a heavy
  1. uncontrolled outpouring
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