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# downpour

noun (a downpour, downpours)

«downpour» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A downpour is a very heavy fall of rain that comes down suddenly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downpour/#m1)
2. (figurative) A downpour of something is a lot of it coming at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downpour/#m2)

### In the lessons

Weather and geography lessons (rainfall, floods); everyday safety (shelter, flash floods, slippery roads); in stories a downpour soaks characters or changes the mood. Phrases: sudden downpour, heavy downpour, caught in a downpour.

### Examples

- We were caught in a downpour on the way home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downpour/#x1)
- The sudden downpour flooded the playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downpour/#x2)
- Sports day stopped because of a downpour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downpour/#x3)
- During the downpour we sheltered under a tree, but not in a thunderstorm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downpour/#x4)
- The downpour lasted only ten minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downpour/#x5)
- After the downpour the air smelled fresh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downpour/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a downpour. Stronger than shower or drizzle. Safety: in a thunderstorm do not shelter under a lone tree. In a maths problem rainfall in a downpour is often measured in millimetres per hour.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «downpour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downpour/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«downpour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/downpour.html) on Mova free.