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torrent en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɔɾənt/ (Scotland)
  • [ˈtɔ̟ɹənt] (New-Zealand)
  • (New-Jersey) audio
  • (Texas) audio
  • /ˈtɒɾənt/ (Wales)
  • /ˈtɑɹənt/ (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
  • /ˈtoɹənt/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈtɔɹənt/ (Australia)
  • /ˈtɒɹənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French torrent, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrentem, accusative of torrēns (“burning, seething, roaring”), from Latin torrēre (“to parch, scorch”).

Meanings

  1. Rolling or rushing in a rapid stream.
    • Waves of torrent fire. 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

Forms

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more torrent Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most torrent Degree=Sup lexicographic

torrent en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɔɾənt/ (Scotland)
  • [ˈtɔ̟ɹənt] (New-Zealand)
  • (New-Jersey) audio
  • (Texas) audio
  • /ˈtɒɾənt/ (Wales)
  • /ˈtɑɹənt/ (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
  • /ˈtoɹənt/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈtɔɹənt/ (Australia)
  • /ˈtɒɹənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French torrent, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrentem, accusative of torrēns (“burning, seething, roaring”), from Latin torrēre (“to parch, scorch”).

Meanings

  1. A violent flow, as of water, lava, etc.; a stream suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
    • Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge. 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:
    • "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! 1841 September 28 (date written), Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “[Miscellaneous.] Excelsior.”, in Ballads and Other Poems, 2nd edition, Cambridge, Mass.: […] John Owen, published 1842, →OCLC, stanza 4, page 130:
    • A torrent of green and white water broke over the hull of the sail-boat.
    • Rain fell on the hills in torrents.
  2. (figuratively) 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. 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part III, XXXI [Uniform ed., p. 278]
    • A new stream of migrants is leaving the continent. It threatens to become a torrent if the debt crisis continues to worsen. 2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in the Guardian:
    • Western civilization has always taught the repression of emotion […] The emotional torrents of opera rebel against this. 1981 December 5, Michael Bronski, “Coming (Out) to Opera”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 20, page 6:
    • The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, / The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, / The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, / And the highwayman came riding— / Riding—riding— / The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door. 1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1, stanza I, page 45:

Forms

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torrents Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

dribble · trickle

Deriveds

torrentless · torrentwise · torrential · torrentlike · torrent-bow · torrentine · BitTorrent · torrent duck · torrent-lark · torrentfish

Relateds

toast · torrid

Synonyms

cascade · deluge · flood · outpouring

Translations (55)

nl stortvloed (violent flow, as of water etc.) · as হাৱৰ (violent flow, as of water etc.) · gl frieira (violent flow, as of water etc.) · fr torrent (violent flow, as of water etc.) · hu özön (violent flow, as of water etc.) · ro puhoi (violent flow, as of water etc.) · gd taom (violent flow, as of water etc.) · ka ნიაღვარი (violent flow, as of water etc.) · ro torent (violent flow, as of water etc.) · gl enxurrada (violent flow, as of water etc.) · mi hīrere (violent flow, as of water etc.) · sv skur (violent flow, as of water etc.) · gl dioivo (violent flow, as of water etc.) · sq rrua (violent flow, as of water etc.) · fa سیلاب (violent flow, as of water etc.) · fi vyöry (violent flow, as of water etc.) · de Strom (violent flow, as of water etc.) · de Sturzflut (violent flow, as of water etc.) · sv fors (violent flow, as of water etc.) · pl potok (violent flow, as of water etc.) · grc χειμάρρους (violent flow, as of water etc.) · mt wied (violent flow, as of water etc.) · rup flumin (roa-rup) (violent flow, as of water etc.) · pt torrente (violent flow, as of water etc.) · mk бу́ица (violent flow, as of water etc.) · fi hyöky (violent flow, as of water etc.) · ka ნაკადი (violent flow, as of water etc.) · de Schwall (violent flow, as of water etc.) · es torrente (violent flow, as of water etc.) · sq përrua (violent flow, as of water etc.) · cmn 洪流 (violent flow, as of water etc.) · sl hudournik (violent flow, as of water etc.) · ca riera (violent flow, as of water etc.) · cmn 奔流 (violent flow, as of water etc.) · gd tuil (violent flow, as of water etc.) · eo torento (violent flow, as of water etc.) · gd gàth (violent flow, as of water etc.) · cmn 急流 (violent flow, as of water etc.) · ca torrent (violent flow, as of water etc.) · bg порой (violent flow, as of water etc.) · ru пото́к (violent flow, as of water etc.) · ms cegar (violent flow, as of water etc.) · ota سیل (violent flow, as of water etc.) · mi ia (violent flow, as of water etc.) · gl doira (violent flow, as of water etc.) · nl stroom (violent flow, as of water etc.) · gl quenlle (violent flow, as of water etc.) · el χείμαρρος (violent flow, as of water etc.) · gl bullón (violent flow, as of water etc.) · ka ლანქერი (violent flow, as of water etc.) · ka ღვარი (violent flow, as of water etc.) · sv ström (violent flow, as of water etc.) · ckb لێشاو (violent flow, as of water etc.) · bn সয়লাব (violent flow, as of water etc.) · mk по́рој (violent flow, as of water etc.)

torrent en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɔɾənt/ (Scotland)
  • [ˈtɔ̟ɹənt] (New-Zealand)
  • (New-Jersey) audio
  • (Texas) audio
  • /ˈtɒɾənt/ (Wales)
  • /ˈtɑɹənt/ (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
  • /ˈtoɹənt/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈtɔɹənt/ (Australia)
  • /ˈtɒɹənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French torrent, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrentem, accusative of torrēns (“burning, seething, roaring”), from Latin torrēre (“to parch, scorch”).

Meanings

  1. To fall or flow in a torrent; to pour.
    • Outside[,] rain was torrenting down, lightning and thunder heralded the arrival of a summer storm. 2024 November 11, Peter D. Thompson, The Connection, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
    • ... 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. 2016 January 28, Anna Pavord, Landskipping: Painters, Ploughmen and Places, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 63:

Forms

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torrented Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
torrented Tense=Past lexicographic
torrenting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
torrents Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

barrage · torrential · deluge · inundate

torrent en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɔɾənt/ (Scotland)
  • [ˈtɔ̟ɹənt] (New-Zealand)
  • (New-Jersey) audio
  • (Texas) audio
  • /ˈtɒɾənt/ (Wales)
  • /ˈtɑɹənt/ (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
  • /ˈtoɹənt/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈtɔɹənt/ (Australia)
  • /ˈtɒɹənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From BitTorrent and the file extension it uses for metadata (.torrent); ultimately from etymology 1, carrying the notion of the flow of information.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, qualifier:file sharing) 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.

Forms

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torrents Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (12)

pl torrent (file transfers) · mk то́рент (file transfers) · as টৰেন (file transfers) · cs torent (file transfers) · mr टॉरेंट (file transfers) · ru то́ррент (file transfers) · ka ტორენტი (file transfers) · ja トレント (file transfers) · pt torrente (file transfers) · cmn 種子 /种子 (file transfers) · bg торент (file transfers) · eo torento (file transfers)

torrent en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈtɔɾənt/ (Scotland)
  • [ˈtɔ̟ɹənt] (New-Zealand)
  • (New-Jersey) audio
  • (Texas) audio
  • /ˈtɒɾənt/ (Wales)
  • /ˈtɑɹənt/ (New-York-City, Philadelphia)
  • /ˈtoɹənt/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˈtɔɹənt/ (Australia)
  • /ˈtɒɹənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From BitTorrent and the file extension it uses for metadata (.torrent); ultimately from etymology 1, carrying the notion of the flow of information.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, transitive) To download in a torrent.
    • 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. 2009, Rick Dakan, Geek Mafia: Black Hat Blues, page 38:
    • The video rental place didn't have the film I was after, but I managed to torrent it.

Forms

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torrents Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
torrenting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
torrented Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
torrented Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

torrenter