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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waterfall |
| Synonyms: | deluge, flood, rapids, torrent |
| Notes: | a turbulent, rock-obstructed river area is rapid(s) and steep rapids make a cataract |
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| Main Entry: | cascade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something falling, especially water |
| Synonyms: | avalanche, cataract, chute, deluge, downrush, falls, flood, force, fountain, outpouring, precipitation, rapids, shower, spout, torrent, watercourse, waterfall |
| Main Entry: | cataclysm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
| Synonyms: | calamity, cataract, catastrophe, collapse, convulsion, crunch, curtains, debacle, deluge, disturbance, double trouble, flood, flooding, holy mess, inundation, misadventure, ruin, torrent, tragedy, unholy mess, upheaval, waterloo, woe |
| Antonyms: | boon, good fortune, happiness, miracle, wonder |
Example Sentences
- Cataract removal is a procedure to remove a clouded lens from the eye.
- The only way to treat a cataract that has become completely opaque is to remove the faulty lens.
- One section requires working your way up a waterfall, and another leads behind a cataract.
| Main Entry: | deluge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | downpour, flood of something |
| Synonyms: | avalanche, barrage, cataclysm, cataract, drencher, flux, inundation, niagara, overflowing, overrunning, pour, rush, spate, torrent |
| Main Entry: | descend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move down, lower a |
| Synonyms: | cascade, cataract, cave in, coast, collapse, crash, crouch, decline, deplane, detrain, dip, disembark, dismount, dive, dribble, drop, fall, fall prostrate, get down, get off, go down, gravitate, ground, incline, light, lose balance, penetrate, pitch, plop, plummet, plunge, prolapse, set, settle, sink, slant, slide, slip, slope, slough off, slump, stoop, stumble, submerge, subside, swoop, toboggan, topple, trickle, trip, tumble, weep |
| Antonyms: | ascend, go up, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | flood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overwhelming flow, quantity |
| Synonyms: | abundance, alluvion, bore, bounty, cataclysm, cataract, current, deluge, downpour, drencher, drift, eager, excess, flow, flux, freshet, glut, inundation, multitude, niagara, outgushing, outpouring, overflow, plenty, pour, profusion, rush, spate, stream, superabundance, superfluity, surge, surplus, tide, torrent, tsunami, wave |
| Main Entry: | overflow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flood, inundation |
| Synonyms: | advance, cataclysm, cataract, congestion, deluge, discharge, encroachment, enforcement, engorgement, excess, exuberance, flash flood, flooding, infringement, niagara, overabundance, overcrowding, overkill, overmuch, overproduction, plethora, pour, propulsion, push, redundancy, spate, spill, spillover, submergence, submersion, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, torrent |
| Main Entry: | pour |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or make flowing |
| Synonyms: | cascade, cataract, course, crowd, decant, deluge, discharge, drain, drench, emit, flood, flow, give off, gush, inundate, issue, jet, let flow, proceed, rain, rill, roll, run, rush, sheet, shower, sluice, spew, spill, splash, spout, spring, stream, surge, swarm, teem, throng |
| Main Entry: | torrent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heavy flow |
| Synonyms: | cascade, cataclysm, cataract, cloudburst, deluge, downpour, effusion, flood, flooding, flux, gush, inundation, niagara, outburst, overflow, pour, rush, shower, spate, stream, tide, waterfall |
| Antonyms: | drip |
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