eng: spate

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Meaning
means	(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" passel, peck, mess, deal, flock, batch, raft, hatful, good deal, mountain, pot, wad, spate, pile, tidy sum, sight, great deal, mass, muckle, quite a little, mickle, plenty, mint, lot, stack, slew, heap
means	(noun) a sudden forceful flow surge, spate, upsurge, rush
means	(noun) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow spate, freshet