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# torrent

noun (plural torrents)

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

## Everyday

1. A torrent is a fast, strong rush of water, like a stream in flood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrent/#m1)
2. A torrent of something is a great flow of it: a torrent of words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrent/#m2)
3. «In torrents» means pouring very heavily, as rain does. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrent/#m3)

### In the lessons

in stories, torrents of rain pour down during a storm, so the rain seems to fall in a rushing flood

### Examples

- The rain was falling in torrents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrent/#x1)
- Torrents of water poured down the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrent/#x2)
- A torrent of questions came from the class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrent/#x3)
- The river became a torrent after the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torrent/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths; a torrent is a flow of water, not a counted amount, though «torrents» is plural.

## On Mova

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