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Definition of Downpour
1. Noun. A heavy rain.
Generic synonyms: Rain, Rainfall
Derivative terms: Deluge, Deluge, Pelt, Soak, Torrential
Definition of Downpour
1. n. A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.
Definition of Downpour
1. Noun. a heavy rain ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To pour down; rain heavily. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Downpour
1. a heavy rain [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Downpour
Literary usage of Downpour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"Heavy downpour commences. Thirty-sir inches of rain fell in as many minutes. ...
Heavy downpour continues. The entire audience at the Gaiety, being unable ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"fall (contextual), wet (contextual); spec, shower, cloudburst, pour, downpour,
plash, flood, sprinkle, mizzle, rainfall, drizzle, flurry, drencher, mist, ..."
3. Rides and Studies in the Canary Islands by Charles Edwardes (1888)
"... genial householder—A downpour— ... and the roaring torrents that the mountain
downpour would cast ..."
4. My Personal Experiences in Equatorial Africa: As Medical Officer of the Emin by Thomas Heazle Parke (1891)
"... taking with them their rifles and ammunition— Scarcity of food—Progress of
our river flotilla—Tremendous downpour of rain—Another Arab encampment—State ..."
5. Our Viceregal Life in India: Selections from My Journal, 1884-1888 by Hamilton Dufferin And Ava (1890)
"If it does rain in India it also can dry up, and my party was not at all spoilt
by yesterday's downpour. Sunday, 8th.—Sir Charles and Lady Macgregor, ..."
6. Africa from South to North Through Marotseland by Alfred St. Hill Gibbons (1904)
"... hundred miles as a donkey driver—Improvement of donkeys — A circuitous path —
The LUNGA in darkness — Parent stream or tributary — A heavy downpour—Camp ..."
7. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"The fact is that there is always a possibility that at the beginning of the
maximum downpour which determines the maximum rate if run-off, an immediately ..."
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