Freshet [noun]
Definition of Freshet:
flood
Synonyms of Freshet:
● Deluge
● Stream
● Spate
● Surge
● Flux
● Gush
● Alluvion
● Overflow
● Downpour
● Torrent
● Cataract
Opposite/Antonyms of Freshet:
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Sentence/Example of Freshet:
A large stone set in a secure place surely is a better boundary than a wayward stream whose course is changed by every freshet.
The road was plainly marked, but the last freshet had sprinkled it with stones, large and small.
We came down with the tide in the rear of the trunk freshet.
Horley Bottom, where the hay used to be frequently carried into the river by a June freshet, was now safe from flood.
And it is a lively stream when there happens to be a freshet and both forks are pouring a flood down into it.
I love the little ford over Turtle Creek where they didn't build the bridge after the freshet.
The gale of his grief had blown away his words; his freshet of tears had soaked away the crust of his grief.
It's only somethin' the freshet left on the shore, an' the pigs wouldn't eat nohow.'
They get caught in our little bay, and then when some extra freshet comes they are washed out again and carried out to sea.
It came down with the freshet the other day, and here it will stay until a flood sweeps it out into the main stream.