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outburst
English
Etymology
From Middle English outbersten, outbresten, equivalent to out- +? burst. Cognate with Dutch uitbarsten (“to erupt; burst out”), German ausbersten (“to burst out; erupt”).
Pronunciation
- Verb:
- (General American) IPA(key): /?a?t?b?st/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?a?t?b??st/
- Noun:
- (General American) IPA(key): /?a?t?b?st/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?a?t?b??st/
- Hyphenation: out?burst
Verb
outburst (third-person singular simple present outbursts, present participle outbursting, simple past outburst or outbrast, past participle outburst or outbursten)
- (intransitive) To burst out.
Noun
outburst (plural outbursts)
- a sudden, often violent expression of emotion or activity.
- The man greeted us with an outburst of invective.
Synonyms
- explosion
Antonyms
- inburst
Translations
Anagrams
- burst out, subtutor
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torrent
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??.?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t??.?nt/
- (NYC) IPA(key): /?t??.?nt/
Etymology 1
From French torrent, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrentem, accusative of torr?ns (“burning, seething, roaring”), from Latin torr?re (“to parch, scorch”).
Noun
torrent (plural torrents)
- A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
- (figuratively) A large amount or stream of something.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part III, XXXI [Uniform ed., p. 278]:
- On the banks of the grey torrent of life, love is the only flower.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part III, XXXI [Uniform ed., p. 278]:
Derived terms
Related terms
- torrid
- toast
Translations
Adjective
torrent (comparative more torrent, superlative most torrent)
- Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
See also
- barrage
- inundate
- deluge
- torrential
Etymology 2
From BitTorrent and the file extension it uses for metadata (.torrent
).
Noun
torrent (plural torrents)
- (Internet, file sharing) A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.
Translations
Verb
torrent (third-person singular simple present torrents, present participle torrenting, simple past and past participle torrented)
- (Internet slang, transitive) To download in a torrent.
Derived terms
- torrenter
Catalan
Noun
torrent m (plural torrents)
- torrent
French
Etymology
From Italian torrente, from Latin torrens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?.???/
Noun
torrent m (plural torrents)
- A torrent
Descendants
- ? English: torrent
- ? Romanian: torent
Further reading
- “torrent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
torrent
- third-person plural present active indicative of torre?
Welsh
Alternative forms
- torren (colloquial)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?r?nt/
Verb
torrent
- (literary) third-person plural imperfect/conditional of torri
- (literary) third-person plural imperative of torri
Mutation
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