- storm
- [[t]stɔ͟ː(r)m[/t]]
♦♦♦storms, storming, stormed1) N-COUNT A storm is very bad weather, with heavy rain, strong winds, and often thunder and lightning.
...the violent storms which whipped America's East Coast.
2) N-COUNT: oft N of n If something causes a storm, it causes an angry or excited reaction from a large number of people.The photos caused a storm when they were first published...
The announcement provoked an immediate storm of protest.
...the storm of publicity that Richard's book had generated.
Syn:3) N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n A storm of applause or other noise is a sudden loud amount of it made by an audience or other group of people in reaction to something.His speech was greeted with a storm of applause...
Not since the 1968 Olympic Games has a medals ceremony caused such a storm of booing.
Syn:4) VERB If you storm into or out of a place, you enter or leave it quickly and noisily, because you are angry.[V adv/prep] After a bit of an argument, he stormed out...
[V adv/prep] He stormed into an office, demanding to know where the head of department was.
Syn:5) VERB If you storm, you say something in a very loud voice, because you are extremely angry. [WRITTEN][V with quote] `It's a fiasco,' he stormed.
Syn:6) VERB If a place that is being defended is stormed, a group of people attack it, usually in order to get inside it.[be V-ed] Government buildings have been stormed and looted...
[V n] The refugees decided to storm the embassy.
Derived words:7) → See also firestorm8) PHRASE: V inflects If someone or something takes a place by storm, they are extremely successful.Kenya's long distance runners have taken the athletics world by storm.
Syn:9) PHRASE: V and N inflect If someone weathers the storm, they succeed in reaching the end of a very difficult period without much harm or damage.He insists he will not resign and will weather the storm.
English dictionary. 2008.
