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storm

[stawrm]

–noun

1.	a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.

2.	a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, or a violent outbreak of thunder and lightning, unaccompanied by strong winds.

3.	Also called violent storm. Meteorology. a wind of 64–72 mph (29–32 m/sec).

4.	a violent military assault on a fortified place, strong position, or the like.

5.	a heavy or sudden volley or discharge: a storm of criticism; a storm of bullets.

6.	a violent disturbance of affairs, as a civil, political, social, or domestic commotion.

7.	a violent outburst or outbreak of expression: a storm of applause.

8.	Informal. storm window.

–verb (used without object)

9.	(of the wind or weather) to blow with unusual force, or to rain, snow, hail, etc., esp. with violence (usually used impersonally with it as subject): It stormed all day.

10.	to rage or complain with violence or fury: He stormed angrily at me.

11.	to deliver a violent attack or fire, as with artillery: The troops stormed against the garrison.

12.	to rush to an assault or attack: The tanks stormed towards the city.

13.	to rush angrily: to storm out of a room.

–verb (used with object)

14.	to subject to or as if to a storm: The salesman stormed them with offers.

15.	to utter or say with angry vehemence: The strikers stormed their demands.

16.	to attack or assault (persons, places, or things): to storm a fortress.

—Idiom

17.	storm in a teacup. teacup (def. 3).

Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME, OE; c. D storm, G Sturm, ON stormr; (v.) ME stormen, deriv. of the n. (cf. obs. sturme, ME sturmen, OE styrman, denominative v. from the same Gmc base as storm); akin to stir ¹

Related forms:

stormlike, adjective

Synonyms:
1. gale, hurricane, tempest, tornado, cyclone, squall, wind, blizzard.

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Storm

[shtohrm]

–noun

The⋅o⋅dore Wold⋅sen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh

, 1817–88, German poet and novelist.

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storm (stôrm)

An atmospheric disturbance manifested in strong winds accompanied by rain, snow, or other precipitation and often by thunder and lightning.
A wind with a speed from 48 to 55 knots (55 to 63 miles per hour; 89 to 102 kilometers per hour), according to the Beaufort scale. Also called whole gale.
A heavy shower of objects, such as bullets or missiles.
A strong or violent outburst, as of emotion or excitement: a storm of tears.
A violent disturbance or upheaval, as in political, social, or domestic affairs: a storm of protest.
A violent, sudden attack on a fortified place.
A storm window.

v. stormed, storm·ing, storms

v. intr.

1. To blow forcefully.
2. To precipitate rain, snow, hail, or sleet.
To be extremely angry; rant and rage.
To move or rush tumultuously, violently, or angrily: stormed into the room.

v. tr.
To assault, capture, or captivate by storm. See Synonyms at attack.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

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Storm

Storm\, n.

Anticyclonic storm (Meteor.), a storm characterized by a central area of high atmospheric pressure, and having a system of winds blowing spirally outward in a direction contrary to that cyclonic storms. It is attended by low temperature, dry air, infrequent precipitation, and often by clear sky. Called also high-area storm, anticyclone. When attended by high winds, snow, and freezing temperatures such storms have various local names, as blizzard, wet norther, purga, buran, etc.

Cyclonic storm. (Meteor.) A cyclone, or low-area storm. See Cyclone, above. Stovain \Sto"va*in\, n. Also -ine \-ine\ . [Stove (a translation of the name of the discoverer, Fourneau + -in, -ine.] (Pharm.) A substance, C14H22O2NCl, the hydrochloride of an amino compound containing benzol, used, in solution with strychnine, as a local an[ae]sthetic, esp. by injection into the sheath of the spinal cord, producing an[ae]sthesia below the point of introduction.

Storm

Storm\, n. [AS. storm; akin to D. storm, G. sturm, Icel. stormr; and perhaps to Gr. ? assault, onset, Skr. s? to flow, to hasten, or perhaps to L. sternere to strew, prostrate (cf. Stratum). [root]166.]

1. A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or hail, whether accompanied with wind or not.

We hear this fearful tempest sing, Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. --Shak.

2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult.

I will stir up in England some black storm. --Shak.

Her sister Began to scold and raise up such a storm. --Shak.

3. A heavy shower or fall, any adverse outburst of tumultuous force; violence.

A brave man struggling in the storms of fate. --Pope.

4. (Mil.) A violent assault on a fortified place; a furious attempt of troops to enter and take a fortified place by scaling the walls, forcing the gates, or the like.

Note: Storm is often used in the formation of self-explained compounds; as, storm-presaging, stormproof, storm-tossed, and the like.

Magnetic storm. See under Magnetic.

Storm-and-stress period [a translation of G. sturm und drang periode], a designation given to the literary agitation and revolutionary development in Germany under the lead of Goethe and Schiller in the latter part of the 18th century.

Storm center (Meteorol.), the center of the area covered by a storm, especially by a storm of large extent.

Storm door (Arch.), an extra outside door to prevent the entrance of wind, cold, rain, etc.; -- usually removed in summer.

Storm path (Meteorol.), the course over which a storm, or storm center, travels.

Storm petrel. (Zo["o]l.) See Stormy petrel, under Petrel.

Storm sail (Naut.), any one of a number of strong, heavy sails that are bent and set in stormy weather.

Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud.

Syn: Tempest; violence; agitation; calamity.

Usage: Storm, Tempest. Storm is violent agitation, a commotion of the elements by wind, etc., but not necessarily implying the fall of anything from the clouds. Hence, to call a mere fall or rain without wind a storm is a departure from the true sense of the word. A tempest is a sudden and violent storm, such as those common on the coast of Italy, where the term originated, and is usually attended by a heavy rain, with lightning and thunder.

Storms beat, and rolls the main; O! beat those storms, and roll the seas, in vain. --Pope.

What at first was called a gust, the same Hath now a storm's, anon a tempest's name. --Donne.

Storm

Storm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stormed; p. pr. & vb. n. Storming.] (Mil.) To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town.

Storm

Storm\, v. i. [Cf. AS. styrman.]

1. To raise a tempest. --Spenser.

2. To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; -- used impersonally; as, it storms.

3. To rage; to be in a violent passion; to fume.

The master storms, the lady scolds. --Swift.

Language Translation for : storm

Spanish: tormenta,

German: der Sturm,

Japanese: 嵐

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storm (n.)

O.E. storm, from P.Gmc. *sturmaz (cf. O.N. stormr, O.S., M.L.G., M.Du., Du. storm, O.H.G., Ger. sturm). O.Fr. estour "onset, tumult," It. stormo are Gmc. loan-words. Fig. (non-meteorological) sense was in late O.E. The verb in the sense of "to rage, be violent" is from c.1380; military sense (1645) first used by Oliver Cromwell. Storm-door first recorded 1878; storm-water is from 1879; storm-window is attested from 1824. Storm-troops (Ger. sturmtruppen) is from 1917, introduced by the German military in World War I. Storm-trooper "member of the Nazi Sturmabteilung" is from 1933 (see Sturmabteilung).

Main Entry: storm
Pronunciation: 'sto(&)rm
Function: noun
: a crisis or sudden increase in the symptoms of a disease —see THYROID STORM

storm (stôrm)
n.
An exacerbation of symptoms or a crisis in the course of a disease.

storm (stôrm) Pronunciation Key

A low-pressure atmospheric disturbance resulting in strong winds accompanied by rain, snow, or other precipitation and often by thunder and lightning.
A wind with a speed from 103 to 117 km (64 to 73 mi) per hour, rating 11 on the Beaufort scale.

storm
broadcast storm

storm

see any port in a storm; kick up a fuss (storm); ride out (the storm); take by storm; weather the storm.

storm

violent atmospheric disturbance, characterized by low barometric pressure, cloud cover, precipitation, strong winds, and possibly lightning and thunder.

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