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spate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spate \Spate\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf Ir speid.] A river flood; an overflow or inundation. --Burns. Gareth in a showerful spring Stared at the spate. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: spate n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "it must have cost plenty" [syn: {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}, {stack}, {tidy sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}] 2: a sudden forceful flow [syn: {rush}, {surge}, {upsurge}] 3: the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow [syn: {freshet}]
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