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Definition: Meaning of, storm in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / stɔːm /

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storm storms
  1. [countable] a period of very bad weather when there is a lot of rain or snow, strong winds, and often LIGHTNING
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  2. [countable usually singular] a situation in which people suddenly express very strong feelings about something that someone has said or done
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  3. take somewhere by storm to be very successful in a particular place
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  4. take somewhere by storm to attack a place using large numbers of soldiers, and succeed in getting possession of it
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  5. weather the storm to experience a difficult period and reach the end of it without being harmed or damaged too much
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  6. a storm in a teacup British English an unnecessary expression of strong feelings about something that is very unimportant
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  7. dance/sing/cook etc up a storm to do something with all your energy
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storm stormed stormed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
storming storms
  1. [transitive] to suddenly attack and enter a place using a lot of force
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  2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to go somewhere in a noisy fast way that shows you are extremely angry
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  3. [intransitive and transitive] literary to shout something in an angry way
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storm used in phrases

  • Operation Desert Storm
    1. the name given to the military operation that forced the army of Iraq to leave Kuwait in 1991, during the GULF WAR
  • Storm Troops (noun)
    1. nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943
  • debris storm (noun)
    1. the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building
  • dust storm (noun)
    1. a storm with strong winds that carries large amounts of dust
  • electric storm (noun)
    1. a storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning
  • electrical storm (noun)
    1. a violent storm with a lot of LIGHTNING
  • equinoctial storm (noun)
    1. a violent rainstorm near the time of an equinox
  • ice storm (noun)
    1. a storm with freezing rain that leaves everything glazed with ice
  • line storm (noun)
    1. a violent rainstorm near the time of an equinox
  • magnetic storm (noun)
    1. a sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field; caused by emission of particles from the sun
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