Synonyms for spate

Grammar : Noun

Spell : speyt

Phonetic Transcription : speɪt

Définition of spate

Origin : early 15c., originally Scottish and northern English, "a sudden flood, especially one caused by heavy rains or a snowmelt," of unknown origin. Perhaps from Old French espoit "flood," from Dutch spuiten "to flow, spout;" related to spout. Figurative sense of "unusual quantity" is attested from 1610s.

noun series

Example sentences :

His joy welled up and overflowed in him as overflows a river in time of spate.
Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini

A look from Spate silenced him, but the President had not caught the slip.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

"Not but what Wakefield is enterprising," Spate added, anxiously.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

Spate could rise to an emergency; the other committeemen thanked him with their eyes.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

It was about the first day of October, and we had enjoyed a “spate.”
Extract from : « Angling Sketches » by Andrew Lang

I nodded, still marvelling over this spate of speech at table.
Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London

"Hazr, it is a spate from the hills," he said between quick breaths.
Extract from : « Captain Desmond, V.C. » by Maud Diver

It was obvious that these spars, like the anglers, were waiting for a spate.
Extract from : « Lines in Pleasant Places » by William Senior

Why, the river was yesterday in spate, and she is fresh run from the sea.
Extract from : « Odd Volume » by Various

I tried to catch him as he fell, but the Mairg Water was in spate, and it was useless.
Extract from : « Pharais and The Mountain Lovers » by Fiona Macleod

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