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spate spate definition

spate


 
  Grep  of  noun  spate 
  spate 
 
  Overview  of  noun  spate 
 
  The  noun  spate  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  batch,  deal  flock,  good  deal  great  deal  hatful,  heap,  lot  mass,  mess,  mickle,  mint,  muckle,  peck,  pile,  plenty,  pot,  quite  a  little,  raft,  sight,  slew,  spate,  stack,  tidy  sum,  wad,  whole  lot  whole  slew  --  ((often  followed  by  `of')  a  large  number  or  amount  or  extent:  "a  batch  of  letters";  "a  deal  of  trouble";  "a  lot  of  money";  "he  made  a  mint  on  the  stock  market";  "it  must  have  cost  plenty") 
  2.  rush,  spate,  surge,  upsurge  --  (a  sudden  forceful  flow) 
  3.  freshet,  spate  --  (the  occurrence  of  a  water  flow  resulting  from  sudden  rain  or  melting  snow) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  spate 
  crispate 
  cuspate 
 
  Overview  of  noun  spate 
 
  The  noun  spate  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  batch,  deal  flock,  good  deal  great  deal  hatful,  heap,  lot  mass,  mess,  mickle,  mint,  muckle,  peck,  pile,  plenty,  pot,  quite  a  little,  raft,  sight,  slew,  spate,  stack,  tidy  sum,  wad,  whole  lot  whole  slew  --  ((often  followed  by  `of')  a  large  number  or  amount  or  extent:  "a  batch  of  letters";  "a  deal  of  trouble";  "a  lot  of  money";  "he  made  a  mint  on  the  stock  market";  "it  must  have  cost  plenty") 
  2.  rush,  spate,  surge,  upsurge  --  (a  sudden  forceful  flow) 
  3.  freshet,  spate  --  (the  occurrence  of  a  water  flow  resulting  from  sudden  rain  or  melting  snow) 



spate definition