By this heavy discharge which continued thick and sharp as hail two or three of the garrison were slain... (W. Scott, ‘Ivanhoe’, ch. XXIX) — Натиск врагов был очень силен, стрелы падали градом, и среди обороняющихся было несколько убитых...
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thick as hail — with regularity … English contemporary dictionary
thick — Synonyms and related words: Boeotian, a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, abundant, accented, adhesive, alive, alive with, alveolar, ample, amylaceous, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulated, asinine, assimilated, back, barytone, beamy,… … Moby Thesaurus
Hail — is a form of precipitation which consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice (hailstones). Hailstones usually consist mostly of water ice and measure between 5 and 150 millimeters in diameter, with the larger stones coming from severe… … Wikipedia
Thick squall — Squall Squall (skw[add]l), n. [Cf. Sw. sqval an impetuous running of water, sqvalregn a violent shower of rain, sqvala to stream, to gush.] A sudden and violent gust of wind often attended with rain or snow. [1913 Webster] The gray skirts of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
χαλαζεπῆ — χαλαζεπής hurling abuse as thick as hail neut nom/voc/acc pl (attic epic doric) χαλαζεπής hurling abuse as thick as hail masc/fem/neut nom/voc/acc dual (doric aeolic) χαλαζεπής hurling abuse as thick as hail masc/fem acc sg (attic epic doric) … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
Multitude — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Multitude >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 multitude multitude Sgm: N 1 numerous numerous &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 numerosity numerosity numerality Sgm: N 1 multiplicity multiplicity Sgm: N 1 profusion … English dictionary for students
crowded — Synonyms and related words: alive with, angustifoliate, angustirostrate, angustisellate, angustiseptal, at the double, awash, bloated, brimful, brimming, bristling, bursting, chock full, choked, circumscribed, close, close fitting, close knit,… … Moby Thesaurus
jam packed — Synonyms and related words: SRO, alive with, bloated, brimful, brimming, bristling, bulging, bursting, capacity, chock full, choked, chuck full, close, close knit, close textured, close woven, compact, compacted, compressed, concentrated,… … Moby Thesaurus
jammed — Synonyms and related words: aground, alive with, anchored, arrested, back, backward, behindhand, belated, bloated, blocked, bonded, bound, brimful, brimming, bristling, bursting, caught, cemented, chained, chock full, choked, choked up, clogged,… … Moby Thesaurus
packed — Synonyms and related words: SRO, aground, alive with, anchored, awash, bloated, blocked, bound, brimful, brimming, bristling, bulging, bursting, capacity, caught, chained, chock full, choked, choked up, chuck full, clogged, clogged up, close,… … Moby Thesaurus
alive — Synonyms and related words: abounding, aboveground, active, activist, activistic, agile, alert, alive and kicking, alive to, alive with, among the living, animate, animated, apprehensive, around, astir, attentive, au courant, awake, aware of,… … Moby Thesaurus
