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- Dictionarystorm/stɔːm/
noun
- 1. a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow. Similar
- 2. a tumultuous reaction; an uproar or controversy: "the book caused a storm in America" Similar
verb
- 1. move angrily or forcefully in a specified direction: "she burst into tears and stormed off" Similar
- 2. (of troops) suddenly attack and capture (a building or other place) by means of force: "commandos stormed a hijacked plane early today" Similar
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STORM definition: 1. an extreme weather condition with very strong wind, heavy rain, and often thunder and lightning…. Learn more.
storm: [noun] a disturbance of the atmosphere marked by wind and usually by rain, snow, hail, sleet, or thunder and lightning. a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail. wind having a speed of 64 to 72 miles (103 to 117 kilometers) per hour. whole gale — see Beaufort Scale Table. a serious disturbance of any element of nature.
12 meanings: 1. a. a violent weather condition of strong winds, rain, hail, thunder, lightning, blowing sand, snow, etc b. (as.... Click for more definitions.
STORM definition: 1. very bad weather with a lot of rain, snow, wind, etc: 2. a strong, negative reaction to…. Learn more.
storm: 1 n a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning Synonyms: violent storm Types: show 14 types... hide 14 types... firestorm a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area noreaster , northeaster a storm ...
Vocabulary Building Rain and storms Rain and storms Rain. Drizzle is fine light rain.; A shower is a short period of rain.; A downpour or a cloudburst is a heavy fall of rain that often starts suddenly.; When it is raining very hard, you can say that it is pouring.In informal British English you can also say that it is bucketing down or chucking it down.You can also say: The heavens opened. Storms. A cyclone and a typhoon are types of violent tropical storms with very strong winds.; A ...
Storm definition: a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.. See examples of STORM used in a sentence.
1. An atmospheric disturbance manifested in strong winds accompanied by rain, snow, or other precipitation and often by thunder and lightning.
A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. [citation needed] It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation (snowstorm, rainstorm), heavy freezing rain (), strong winds (tropical cyclone, windstorm), wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere such as in a dust storm, among other forms of severe weather ...
Definition of storm noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
