freshet

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A flood resulting from heavy rain or a spring thaw.

   ““My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up.[…]You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. …””

2. isim A small stream, especially one flowing into the sea.

   ““His arrival upon any scene was never in the smallest degree uproarious, and still less was it in the least mild or serene; yet he came into a settled circle like a freshet of tumbling water into a still pool!””