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spate
1. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent - a batch of letters - a deal of trouble - a lot of money - he made a mint on the stock market - see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos - it must have cost plenty - a slew of journalists - a wad of money • Syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, stack, tidy sum, wad • Derivationally related forms: wad (for: wad), plenteous (for: plenty), pile (for: pile), heap (for: heap) • Hypernyms: large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount • Hyponyms: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent, haymow 2. the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow • Syn: freshet • Hypernyms: flow, flowing 3. a sudden forceful flow • Syn: rush, surge, upsurge • Derivationally related forms: surge (for: surge) • Hypernyms: flow, flowing • Hyponyms: debris surge, debris storm, onrush
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