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deluge

Letters that make deluge

d, e, g, l, u are letters that make 'deluge'

Words within deluge

el, luge, lug, EL, DE, Lug, Ge, Lu are words within 'deluge'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of deluge

deluged, deluges are words created by adding a letter to 'deluge'

deluge is a 6 letter word starting with d
deluge is a 6 letter word ending with e

6 possible definitions for 'deluge'

Deluge as "the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land"

Under this definition, deluge is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

inundation, alluvion, flood have the same meaning as 'deluge'

deluge as a type

'deluge' can be a type of geological phenomenon.

Types of deluge

flash flood, flashflood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, the Flood, Noah's flood, debacle are types of 'deluge'.

Derivatives of deluge

inundate, submerge, deluge, flood, swamp are derivatives of 'deluge'.

Deluge as "a heavy rain"

Under this definition, deluge is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

downpour, cloudburst, waterspout, torrent, soaker, pelter have the same meaning as 'deluge'

deluge as a type

'deluge' can be a type of rainfall, rain.

Derivatives of deluge

drench, douse, inundate, submerge, pour, rain cats and dogs, rain buckets, dowse, sop, deluge, flood, pelt, swamp, stream, torrential, soak, souse are derivatives of 'deluge'.

Deluge as "an overwhelming number or amount"

Under this definition, deluge is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

flood, torrent, inundation have the same meaning as 'deluge'

deluge as a type

'deluge' can be a type of mint, great deal, tidy sum, good deal, mickle, deal, mountain, plenty, sight, pile, heap, lot, mess, pot, peck, hatful, stack, flock, batch, mass, spate, wad, muckle, passel, quite a little, raft, slew.

Derivatives of deluge

overwhelm, flood out, deluge, inundate, flood, glut, oversupply, swamp, torrential are derivatives of 'deluge'.

Deluge as "fill or cover completely, usually with water"

Under this definition, deluge is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

inundate, submerge have the same meaning as 'deluge'

deluge as a type

'deluge' can be a type of flood.

Derivatives of deluge

inundation, deluge, downpour, cloudburst, waterspout, submersion, immersion, alluvion, torrent, soaker, pelter, submersible, submergible, flood, submergence, submerging are derivatives of 'deluge'.

Deluge as "charge someone with too many tasks"

Under this definition, deluge is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

overwhelm, flood out have the same meaning as 'deluge'

deluge as a type

'deluge' can be a type of saddle, burden, charge.

Derivatives of deluge

flood, torrent, inundation, deluge are derivatives of 'deluge'.

Deluge as "fill quickly beyond capacity, as with a liquid"

Under this definition, deluge is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

inundate, flood, swamp have the same meaning as 'deluge'

deluge as a type

'deluge' can be a type of fill up, make full, fill.

Derivatives of deluge

inundation, deluge, downpour, cloudburst, waterspout, alluvion, torrent, soaker, pelter, flood, flowage, implosion therapy, flooding are derivatives of 'deluge'.