downpour Definition
down·pour (-pôr′)
noun
a heavy rain
downpour Synonyms
downpour Usage Examples
Converse of object
- localize: Localized downpours early on the 19th August saw a few areas very wet indeed, with some flooding reported.
- bring: The rains typically start in July and October brings the heaviest downpours with frequent flooding in the capital.
- follow: The deep channel could fill suddenly following a flash downpour.
- see: Everybody else saw the huge downpour of rain arriving around the same time.
- have: On Saturday we had a torrential downpour of rain, the like of which few of us can remember.
- become: The rain became a downpour, soaking the dense forest where the fire had jumped from treetop to treetop.
Converse of subject
- cause: Eighty thousand properties are at risk in towns and cities from flooding caused by heavy downpours that overwhelm urban sewers and drains.
- follow: The day had held mixed weather with bright, warm sunshine being followed by very heavy downpours of rain.
- drench: Steve Jones sent a fierce drive sliding across the slippery surface drenched by a downpour which keeper Lee Butler saved.
Adjective modifier
- torrential: On Saturday we had a torrential downpour of rain, the like of which few of us can remember.
- heavy: The crash happened during a heavy downpour at around ten past five last night.
- sudden: Royalist attempts to mine the walls are rendered useless by a sudden downpour.
- tropical: Watching the sun setting through a tropical downpour from my balcony was worth the expense.
- steady: It begins to rain - a steady heavy downpour, the first of many we are to meet during our stay.
- intense: The layout had some big jumps and heavily rutted sections courtesy of rain on Friday and intense downpours Sunday morning.
Noun used with modifier
- summer: The satisfying crackle of power lines is sufficient to warm the heart of any pylon enthusiast during a summer downpour.
- afternoon: Even a mid afternoon downpour did not deter the crowds in Weavers Field estimated to be in excess of 20,000.
- winter: Heavy winter downpours will become more frequent - although the amount of snow could decline by 60 % - 90 % by the 2080s.
Possessives
yesterday: The long grasses were still soaked from yesterday's downpour.
Preposition: of
rain: On Saturday we had a torrential downpour of rain, the like of which few of us can remember.
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