storm (storms plural & 3rd person present) (storming present participle) (stormed past tense & past participle )
1 n-count A storm is very bad weather, with heavy rain, strong winds, and often thunder and lightning.
...the violent storms which whipped America's East Coast.
2 n-count If something causes a storm, it causes an angry or excited reaction from a large number of people.
oft N of n
The photos caused a storm when they were first published..., ...the storm of publicity that Richard's book had generated.
3 n-count A stormof applause or other noise is a sudden loud amount of it made by an audience or other group of people in reaction to something.
usu sing, usu N of n
His speech was greeted with a storm of applause...
4 verb If you storminto or out of a place, you enter or leave it quickly and noisily, because you are angry.
He stormed into an office, demanding to know where the head of department was. V adv/prep
5 verb If a place that is being defended is stormed, a group of people attack it, usually in order to get inside it.
Government buildings have been stormed and looted... be V-ed
The refugees decided to storm the embassy. V n
storming n-uncount N of n
...the storming of the Bastille.
7 If someone or something takes a place by storm, they are extremely successful.
take sth by storm phrase V inflects
Kenya's long distance runners have taken the athletics world by storm.
8 If someone weathers the storm, they succeed in reaching the end of a very difficult period without much harm or damage.
weather the storm phrase V and N inflect
He insists he will not resign and will weather the storm.
9 →
a storm in a teacup →
teacup
dust storm (dust storms plural )A dust storm is a storm in which strong winds carry a lot of dust. n-count
storm cloud (storm clouds plural ), stormcloud
1 n-count Storm clouds are the dark clouds which are seen before a storm.
usu pl
2 n-count You can use storm clouds to refer to a sign that something very unpleasant is going to happen.
FORMAL usu pl
Over the past three weeks, the storm clouds have gathered again over the government.
storm trooper (storm troopers plural ), stormtrooper Storm troopers were members of a private Nazi army who were well-known for being violent. n-count
