storm

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation; a tempest.
2. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation; a tempest.
3. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation; a tempest.
4. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation; a tempest.
5. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation; a tempest.
6. A heavy expulsion or fall of things (as blows, objects which are thrown, etc.).
7. A violent agitation of human society; a domestic, civil, or political commotion.
8. A violent commotion or outbreak of sounds, speech, thoughts, etc.; also, an outpouring of emotion.
9. Chiefly with a qualifying word: a violent attack of diease, pain, physiological reactions, symptoms, etc.; a paroxysm.
10. Ellipsis of storm window (“a second window (originally detachable) attached on the exterior side of a window in climates with harsh winters, to add an insulating layer of still air between the outside and inside”).

Verb

1. Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
2. To make (someone or something) stormy; to agitate (someone or something) violently.
3. To disturb or trouble (someone).
4. To use (harsh language).
5. To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.
6. To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.
7. To catch up (on production output) by making frenzied or herculean efforts.
8. To protect (seed-hay) from stormy weather by putting sheaves of them into small stacks.
9. Of the weather: to be violent, with strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
10. To be exposed to harsh (especially cold) weather.
11. To move noisily and quickly like a storm (noun sense 1), usually in a state of anger or uproar.
12. To move quickly in the course of an assault on a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.
13. To be in a violent temper; to use harsh language; to fume, to rage.

Concepten

storm

onweer

stormwind

bestormen

donderbui

stormen

razen

tieren

bui

onweersbui

bestorming

orkaan

aanval

hoos

vlaag

blizzard

sneeuwstorm

hemel

lucht

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/stɔːm/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English storm (“disturbed state of the atmosphere; heavy precipitation; battle, conflict; attack”) [and other forms], from Old English storm (“tempest, storm; attack; storm of arrows; disquiet, disturbance, tumult, uproar; onrush, rush”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *sturm (“storm”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to agitate, stir up; to propel; to urge on”). Related to stir.
cognates
* Danish storm (“storm”)
* Dutch storm (“storm”)
* German Sturm (“storm”)
* Icelandic stormur (“storm”)
* Low German storm (“storm”)
* Norwegian Bokmål storm (“storm”)
* Norwegian Nynorsk storm (“storm”)
* Scots storm (“storm”)
* Swedish storm (“storm”)
* West Frisian stoarm (“storm”)