Spate (original) (raw)

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow

Synonyms:

freshet; spate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("spate" is a kind of...):

flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sudden forceful flow

Synonyms:

rush; spate; surge; upsurge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("spate" is a kind of...):

flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spate"):

debris storm; debris surge (the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building)

onrush (a forceful forward rush or flow)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

Example:

a wad of money

Synonyms:

batch; deal; flock; good deal; great deal; hatful; heap; lot; mass; mess; mickle; mint; mountain; muckle; passel; peck; pile; plenty; pot; quite a little; raft; sight; slew; spate; stack; tidy sum; wad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("spate" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spate"):

deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)

haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)

II. (verb)

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb spate

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