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
- 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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