storm

• (UK) IPA^(key): /stɔːm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /stɔɹm/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m

From Middle English storm, from Old English storm (“a storm, tempest; a storm of arrows; disturbance, disquiet; uproar, tumult; rush, onrush, attack, violent attack”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). Cognate with Scots storm (“storm”), West Frisian stoarm (“storm”), Dutch storm (“storm”), Low German storm (“storm”), German Sturm (“storm”), Danish storm (“storm”), Swedish storm (“storm”), Norwegian Bokmål storm (“storm”), Norwegian Nynorsk storm (“storm”), Icelandic stormur (“storm”). Related to stir.

storm (plural storms)

1. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather.
   • Shakespeare

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

   • 2012 January 1, Donald Worster, “A Drier and Hotter Future”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 1, page 70:

     Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.

2. A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; violent outbreak.

   The proposed reforms have led to a political storm.

   • Shakespeare

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

3. (meteorology) a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane (10 or higher on the Beaufort scale).
4. (military) A violent assault on a stronghold or fortified position.

• See also Thesaurus:storm

• (meteorology): breeze, gale, hurricane

• blizzard

• → Esperanto: ŝtormo
• → Irish: stoirm
• → Scottish Gaelic: stoirm

From Middle English stormen, sturmen, from Old English styrman (“to storm, rage; make a great noise, cry aloud, shout”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmijaną (“to storm”). Cognate with Dutch stormen (“to storm; bluster”), Low German stormen (“to storm”), German stürmen (“to storm; rage; attack; assault”), Swedish storma (“to storm; bluster”), Icelandic storma (“to storm”).

storm (third-person singular simple present storms, present participle storming, simple past and past participle stormed)

1. (intransitive, with adverbial of direction) To move quickly and noisily like a storm, usually in a state of uproar or anger.

   She stormed out of the room.

2. (intransitive) To rage or fume; to be in a violent temper.
   • Jonathan Swift

     The master storms, the lady scolds.

3. (transitive) To assault (a stronghold or fortification) with military forces.

   Troops stormed the complex.

   • 1750, Thomas Morell (lyrics), George Frideric Handel (music), “'Theodora'”‎:

     No engine can a tyrant find, to storm the truth-supported mind.

4. (impersonal) To have the weather be violent, with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

   It stormed throughout the night.

• bestorm

• storm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Beaufort scale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Storm in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

• morts

From Dutch storm.

storm (plural storms)

1. storm

From Old Norse stormr (“storm”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

storm c (singular definite stormen, plural indefinite storme)

1. storm

storm

1. imperative of storme

• IPA^(key): /stɔrm/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrm

From Middle Dutch storm, from Old Dutch *storm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz.

storm m (plural stormen, diminutive stormpje n)

1. storm; a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane.
2. (of sieges or battles) assault, storming

   Synonym: bestorming

• stormen
• stormachtig
• stormvloed
• stormwind
• beeldenstorm
• hagelstorm
• regenstorm
• sneeuwstorm
• zandstorm
• zeestorm

• Afrikaans: storm

See the etymology of the main entry.

storm

1. first-person singular present indicative of stormen
2. imperative of stormen

• morst

storm

1. indefinite accusative singular of stormur

From Old Dutch *storm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz.

storm m

1. storm, violent weather
2. storm, heavy wind
3. storm, assault

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: storm
• Limburgish: stórm

• “storm (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “storm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

• storme, strom, starme, storem (all but the first are rare)

Inherited from Old English storm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔrm/

storm (plural stormes)

1. A storm; an instance of intense wind and precipitation (including a snowstorm)
2. An armed dispute, brawl or fight; an instance of combativeness.
3. (rare) Any intense event, happening, or force.

• stormy

• English: storm
  • → Esperanto: ŝtormo
  • → Irish: stoirm
  • → Scottish Gaelic: stoirm
• Scots: storm
• Yola: stharm, starm

• “storm (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.

From Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

storm m (definite singular stormen, indefinite plural stormer, definite plural stormene)

1. a storm

   En kraftig storm er venta seinere i dag.

   A strong storm is expected to hit later today.

   en storm i et vannglass - a storm in a teacup (British)

• storme

storm

1. imperative of storme

• “storm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). Akin to English storm.

• IPA^(key): /stɔrm/

storm m (definite singular stormen, indefinite plural stormar, definite plural stormane)

1. storm (a very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane)

   Ein kraftig storm er venta seinare i dag.

   A strong storm is expected to hit later today.

• “storm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• stearm

From Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, whence also Old Saxon storm, Old High German sturm, Old Norse stormr. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈstorm/

storm m

1. storm

• Middle English: storm
  • English: storm
    • → Esperanto: ŝtormo
    • → Irish: stoirm
    • → Scottish Gaelic: stoirm
  • Scots: storm
  • Yola: stharm, starm

From Old Swedish stormber, from Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

• IPA^(key): /stɔrm/

• Audio (Phrase including indefinite article: en storm, literally 'a storm'. Female speaker from Gotland, Sweden.)

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storm c

1. storm; heavy winds or weather associated with storm winds.

• ta någon med storm
• storma
• storma in
• snöstorm
• höststorm