Noun: torrent tor-unt or tó-runt [N. Amer], tó-runt [Brit]- A heavy rain
- downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, pelter, soaker, gullywasher [US, informal] - A violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)
"the houses were swept away in the torrent"; - violent stream - An overwhelming number or amount
"a torrent of abuse"; - flood, inundation, deluge - (computing) a file or set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network
Derived forms: torrents Type of: batch, bunch [informal], current, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle [archaic], mint, mountain, muckle, passel [US], peck, pile [informal], plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, rain, rainfall, sight, slew, spate, stack, stream, tidy sum, wad Encyclopedia: Torrent, Valencia |