[del-yooj, -yoozh, del-ooj, -oozh, dih-looj, -loozh] Show IPA
noun, verb, -uged, -ug·ing.
–noun
1. a great flood of water; inundation; flood.

2. a drenching rain; downpour.

3. anything that overwhelms like a flood: a deluge of mail.

4. the Deluge. flood ( def. 3 ) .