torrent

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.

   A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.

   • Rain fell on the hills in torrents.
   • A torrent of green and white water broke over the hull of the sail-boat.
   • "Try not the Pass!" the old man said; / "Dark lowers the tempest overhead, / The roaring torrent is deep and wide!" / And loud that clarion voice replied / Excelsior!
2. 2

   A large amount or stream of something.

   • They endured a torrent of inquiries.
   • On the banks of the grey torrent of life, love is the only flower.
3. 3

   Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.

   • Waves of torrent fire.
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   1. 4

      To fall or flow in a torrent

      To fall or flow in a torrent; to pour.

      • ... through the inflexible rain, each turn in the track revealed a new cascade, torrenting down the steep cliff of the hill. The weather was too wild for me to get to them. In good weather, they wouldn't exist.
      • Outside[,] rain was torrenting down, lightning and thunder heralded the arrival of a summer storm.
   2. 5

      A set of files obtainable through a peer-to-peer network, especially BitTorrent.

      • I got a torrent of the complete works of Shakespeare the other day; I'm not sure why.
   3. 6

      To download in a torrent.

      • The video rental place didn't have the film I was after, but I managed to torrent it.
      • They had two thousand CDs burned with Listnin loaded on them, including versions for every major phone OS, and they'd set up a dozen servers in seven different countries for people to torrent the file from.

The neighborhood

• synonymcascade
• synonymdeluge
• synonymflood
• synonymoutpouring
• antonymdribble
• antonymtrickle
• neighbortorrid
• neighbortoast