freshet
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈfrɛʃɛt/
- Specialized
:
crecida
- We shall see what wisdom lies within my madness... for this is but the spring freshet that precedes the flood.
- spring freshet
Examples
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A snow had fallen overnight, just enough to turn the woods crisp and clean, even as the freshets loosened and sang of springtime.
Fiction book (1994) -
Among the 146 surveyed islands, about 85 percent of the island formations came from river deposits that created nutrient-rich soil, but the flat terrain caused the islands to become flooded by the spring freshets.
Academic text (2018) -
BPA typically exports 40% of its production, but more in spring freshet when all the rivers are running full.
Blog text (6) -
The Susquehanna River has already swollen with its annual freshet, as it does every spring.
Blog text (9) -
"I bit my lip suddenly, but Brianna hadn't noticed the slip, minor as it was; she was eyeing the ankle-deep freshet running down the gutter."
Fiction book (1992) -
The heavy rains caused a sudden freshet, flooding the nearby fields and roads.
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Every spring, the snowmelt creates a freshet in the mountain streams, bringing fresh water downstream.
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After days of intense rainfall, the freshet filled the riverbanks and transformed the landscape.
Synonyms
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3.1
A sudden flow of water that moves quickly
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7.9
A sudden large flow of water after heavy rain
A sudden flood that happens very quickly after heavy rain
A sudden large flow of water that floods land
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Etymology
Freshet comes from an old word for fresh plus the small ending -et, so you can imagine a 'small fresh' rush of water. That's why a freshet means a sudden, short flood after heavy rain or melting snow.