From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Deluge \Del"uge\ (d[e^]l"[-u]j), n. [F. d['e]luge, L. diluvium,
fr. diluere wash away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare
to wash. See {Lave}, and cf. {Diluvium}.]
1. A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an
inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great
flood in the days of Noah (--Gen. vii.).
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2. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great
destruction. "The deluge of summer." --Lowell.
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A fiery deluge fed
With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed. --Milton.
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As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London]
street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial
ground, which has still survived in the deluge. --F.
Harrison.
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After me the deluge.
(Apr['e]s moi le d['e]luge.) --Madame de
Pompadour.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Deluge \Del"uge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deluged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Deluging}.]
1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
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The deluged earth would useless grow. --Blackmore.
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2. To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread;
to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern
nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the
land is deluged with woe.
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At length corruption, like a general flood . . .
Shall deluge all. --Pope.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deluge
n 1: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a
torrent of abuse" [syn: {flood}, {inundation}, {deluge},
{torrent}]
2: a heavy rain [syn: {downpour}, {cloudburst}, {deluge},
{waterspout}, {torrent}, {pelter}, {soaker}]
3: the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto
normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
[syn: {flood}, {inundation}, {deluge}, {alluvion}]
v 1: fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the
basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images
flooded his mind" [syn: {deluge}, {flood}, {inundate},
{swamp}]
2: charge someone with too many tasks [syn: {overwhelm},
{deluge}, {flood out}]
3: fill or cover completely, usually with water [syn:
{inundate}, {deluge}, {submerge}]
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