Storm

[stɔːm] or [stɔrm]

Definition

(noun.) a direct and violent assault on a stronghold.

(noun.) a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning.

(noun.) a violent commotion or disturbance; 'the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away'; 'it was only a tempest in a teapot'.

(verb.) attack by storm; attack suddenly.

(verb.) take by force; 'Storm the fort'.

(verb.) blow hard; 'It was storming all night'.

(verb.) rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with thunder or lightning; 'If it storms, we'll need shelter'.

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Definition

(n.) A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not.

(n.) A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.

(n.) A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence.

(n.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.

(v. t.) To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town.

(v. i.) To raise a tempest.

(v. i.) To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; -- used impersonally; as, it storms.

(v. i.) To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Tempest, gale, SQUALL, hurricane, TORNADO, violent wind (usually accompanied with rain, hail, or snow).[2]. Disturbance, agitation, commotion, tumult, turmoil, clamor, sedition, insurrection, outbreak.[3]. Calamity, adversity, distress.[4]. Attack, assault, onslaught, onset, first brunt.

v. a. Attack (with violence, as a fortification), assault.

v. n. [1]. Blow violently (with or without rain, hail, or snow).[2]. Rage, fume.

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Definition

n. a violent commotion of the atmosphere producing wind rain &c.: a tempest: a fall of snow a prolonged frost: an outbreak of anger or the like: violent agitation of society: commotion: tumult: calamity: (mil.) an assault.—v.i. to raise a tempest: to blow with violence: to be in a violent passion.—v.t. to attack by open force: to assault.—n. Storm′-ā′rea the area covered by a storm.—adjs. Storm′-beat -beat′en beaten or injured by storms.—ns. Storm′-belt a belt of maximum storm frequency; Storm′-bird a petrel.—adj. Storm′bound delayed by storms.—ns. Storm′-card a sailors' chart showing from the direction of the wind the ship's position in relation to a storm-centre and accordingly the proper course to be shaped; Storm′-cen′tre the position of lowest pressure in a cyclonic storm; Storm′-cock the fieldfare: the mistle-thrush; Storm′-cone a cone of canvas stretched on a frame 3 feet high as a storm-signal; Storm′-door an outer supplementary door to shelter the interior of a building; Storm′-drum a canvas cylinder extended on a hoop 3 feet high by 3 feet wide hoisted in conjunction with the cone as a storm-signal.—adj. Storm′ful abounding with storms.—ns. Storm′fulness; Storm′-glass a tube containing a solution of camphor the amount of the precipitate varying with the weather; Storm′-house a temporary shelter for men working on a railway &c.; Storm′iness; Storm′ing-par′ty the party of men who first enter the breach or scale the walls in storming a fortress.—adj. Storm′less without storms.—ns. Storm′-sail a sail of the strongest canvas for stormy weather; Storm′-sig′nal a signal displayed on seacoasts &c. to intimate the approach of a storm by the cone and drum or by flags and lanterns in the United States; Storm′-stay a stay on which a storm-sail is set.—adjs. Storm′-stayed hindered from proceeding by storms; Storm′-tossed tossed about by storms: much agitated by conflicting passions.—ns. Storm′-wind a wind that brings a storm a hurricane; Storm′-win′dow a window raised above the roof slated above and at the sides.—adj. Storm′y having many storms: agitated with furious winds: boisterous: violent: passionate.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

To see and hear a storm approaching, foretells continued sickness, unfavorable business, and separation from friends, which will cause added distress. If the storm passes, your affliction will not be so heavy. See Hurricane and Rain.

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Examples

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