āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŦāĻ¨
a sudden overflow of a river
Dialect
British
BritishāĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Local authorities warned residents about the spate expected from the storm.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻĒāĻā§āĻˇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻš
a rapid and forceful flow of something, such as water, events, or activities
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Following the announcement of the new product, there was a spate of orders flooding into the company's online store, overwhelming their fulfillment center.
āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻŖā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°, āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ
āĻ¨āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ¸ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĸā§āĻ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻž
an amount or number that is considered to be large
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The newspaper reported a spate of accidents on the highway.
āĻ¸āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
