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spate

/speɪt/

Translations

spatenoun

spates

/speɪt/

The recent spate of rain has caused flooding in the area.

Недавний поток дождей вызвал наводнение в этом районе.

There was a spate of new customers after the store's grand opening.

После торжественного открытия магазина был наплыв новых клиентов.

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Synonyms

spateverb

spated

Past Simple

spated

Past Participle

spating

Gerund

/speɪt/

Dial. / chiefly Scottish & Northern English; used of rivers.

spatenoun

A large number or amount of something, especially in a brief time.

There was a spate of burglaries in the neighborhood last month.

A sudden flood in a river, especially one caused by heavy rains or melting snow.

The river was in spate after the heavy rains, overflowing its banks.

spateverb

(intransitive, chiefly British) Of a river: to overflow or flood suddenly, especially after heavy rain.

After two days of torrential downpours, the Tweed spated and covered the fields.

(transitive, dialectal) To cause (a river or stream) to overflow its banks.

Spring thaws regularly spated the narrow tributaries feeding the main river.