torrent

«torrent» in Mova's school dictionary: a fast, strong rush of water, like a stream in flood — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (plural torrents)

meaning for a pupil

1) A torrent is a fast, strong rush of water, like a stream in flood. tree →

2) A torrent of something is a great flow of it: a torrent of words. tree →

3) «In torrents» means pouring very heavily, as rain does. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, torrents of rain pour down during a storm, so the rain seems to fall in a rushing flood

examples

• The rain was falling in torrents. tree →
• Torrents of water poured down the hill. tree →
• A torrent of questions came from the class. tree →
• The river became a torrent after the storm. tree →

note

nothing for maths; a torrent is a flow of water, not a counted amount, though «torrents» is plural.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «torrent» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.