freshet

noun

Definition of freshetnext
as in runoff

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Recent Examples of freshet The Hudson River had a little current, fed by freshets from upstream with local rains, and melting snow farther up, in the Adirondacks. — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020 As August turned to September, the sun dropped and the first cold freshet of autumn rainwater flowed out of the mountains and tickled the noses of the salmon waiting off Astoria, where the Columbia meets the Pacific Ocean. — Patrick Symmes, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019 Pools of it, rivulets of it, lapping lakes and freshets of it, in a green and timbered landscape — our eyes were always thirsty for the sight of it. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019 And spring will come and melt this frozen beauty with its thunderous freshet. — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 7 Jan. 2018 Director Matthew Ozawa gave the demon barber and all his victims credible backstories, adding flesh to the freshets of blood in Skylight Music Theatre’s production of this Sondheim classic. — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2017 And so this river rises, gathers new freshets, drains ever more valleys. — Bill McKibben, New Republic, 12 July 2017 New springs, freshets of water popping out of the mountain and onto the road, created small gullies almost daily, and mud tainted the blue ocean the color of a café latte in broad eddies circling up the coast. — Thomas Curwen, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freshet
  1. runoff
  2. fresh
  3. brook
  4. arroyo
  5. rivulet
  6. creek
  7. rill
  8. streamlet
Noun
  • According to Anderson, rain in areas scorched by wildfires can lead to debris runoff and flooding hazards.
    — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
  • Drip irrigation systems can save more water than sprinklers by reducing evaporation and potential runoff.
    — Kamron Sanders, The Spruce, 13 July 2026
Definition of runoff
Noun
  • Similar to the millennial mint that's been making the rounds, Tiffany blue brings the same fresh, uplifting energy with a slightly more luxe feel.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 15 June 2026
  • The Dodgers’ bullpen, on the other hand, which closed May fresh off a franchise-record 38 consecutive scoreless innings, just can’t seem to stop the bleeding.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 14 June 2026
Definition of fresh
Noun
  • There's one spot on Richard's land where the Guadalupe slows to a babbling brook at the base of a tree.
    — Bo Evans, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • In addition to canceling outside noise, the headphones provide crisp audio and relaxing white-noise options, including rainy parks and babbling brooks.
    — Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
Definition of brook
Noun
  • Her soon-to-be husband waited for her where the arroyo opened to the road.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
  • At one still-damp arroyo, the cast-concrete components of a bridge had been tumbled 50 yards downstream from their foundation.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of arroyo
Noun
  • Our beach quickly turned into a morass of clay, cut through by dozens of fast-flowing rivulets.
    — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
  • There were new sunspots and rivulet lines over her face, like an aerial map.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Definition of rivulet
Noun
  • Signs at various points along the creek urge people not to swim, boat or fish in the creek.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • The rupture dumped nearly 13,000 barrels of heavy crude oil into a creek running through a rural pasture in Washington County, Kansas, about 150 miles (241 kilometers) northwest of Kansas City.
    — John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2026
Definition of creek
Noun
  • Those residents might also like to see the name of Indian Creek, another rill which traverses the county, given a new designation.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • His verses evoke sacred rivers, fertile grounds and gardens bright with sinuous rills—a lyrical world beyond the inauspicious reality of its start-point.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Definition of rill
Noun
  • It is built across what once was a narrow streamlet with water so clean that the community used it to wash their clothes and bathe children.
    — Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The water vapor signal in that band, though, is small, like a streamlet.
    — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 26 Nov. 2019
Definition of streamlet

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