Synonyms for freshet

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fresh-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrɛʃ ɪt

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Définition of freshet

Origin : 1590s, "stream flowing into the sea," from fresh (adj.1) in a now obsolete sense of "flood, stream of fresh water" (1530s). Old English had fersceta in the same sense. Meaning "flood caused by rain or melting snow" is from 1650s.

noun flood

Example sentences :

And, John, I did not tell them anything except that the freshet had swept me away.
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

At that time the water, clearing after a summer freshet, was fairly low.
Extract from : « Creatures of the Night » by Alfred W. Rees

During my return down the river, it was in a freshet, and we went headlong.
Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland

"You might have to wait till next spring for a freshet," he said cheerfully.
Extract from : « The Tale of Timothy Turtle » by Arthur Scott Bailey

The roar of the freshet awoke Nan in her bed before daybreak.
Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr

It may be imagined how piety intensifies in a freshet, or in a heavy gale of wind!
Extract from : « The Humbugs of the World » by P. T. Barnum

Logs, planks, and the other flotsam of a freshet moved on in the van of the flood.
Extract from : « Aladdin & Co. » by Herbert Quick

Just now the spring freshet had subsided, which meant that the river was clear of ice.
Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum

Some wanted a freshet, some wanted a drizzle, and some wanted a fog.
Extract from : « Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country » by Joel Chandler Harris

So, if my boy ever saw a freshet, it naturally made no impression upon him.
Extract from : « A Boy's Town » by W. D. Howells

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