Hypertext Webster Gateway: "torrent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Torrent \Tor"rent\, a. [See {Torrent}, n.]
Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream. ``Waves of torrent
fire.'' --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Torrent \Tor"rent\, n. [F., fr. L. torrens, -entis, fr. torrens
burning, roaring, boiling, p. pr. of torrere to dry by heat,
to burn. See {Torrid}.]
1. A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream
suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
The roaring torrent is deep and wide. --Longfellow.
2. Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood;
as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.
At length, Erasmus, that great injured name, . . .
Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
torrent
n 1: a heavy rain [syn: {downpour}, {cloudburst}, {deluge}, {waterspout},
{pelter}, {soaker}]
2: a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the
houses were swept away in the torrent" [syn: {violent
stream}]
3: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a
torrent of abuse" [syn: {flood}, {deluge}]
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