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  • 11Storm — Storm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stormed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Storming}.] (Mil.) To assault; to attack, and attempt to take, by scaling walls, forcing gates, breaches, or the like; as, to storm a fortified town. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12Storm — Storm, v. i. [Cf. AS. styrman.] 1. To raise a tempest. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To blow with violence; also, to rain, hail, snow, or the like, usually in a violent manner, or with high wind; used impersonally; as, it storms. [1913 Webster] 3.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13Storm — m, f English: apparently a 20th century coinage, although it may have been in use slightly earlier. The name is presumably derived from the climatic phenomenon, although it is hard to see why it should be chosen. It derives perhaps from the… …

    First names dictionary

  • 14storm — sb., en, e, ene; stormen pisker havet op; ride stormen af; tage publikum med storm …

    Dansk ordbog

  • 15storm|er — «STR muhr», noun. 1. a person who takes by storm; member of a storming party. 2. Figurative. a person who rages …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 16Storm — Storm, 1) Edward, geb. 1747 zu Vage in Guldbraudsdaalen; starb 1794 (nach And. 1792) in Kopenhagen; er schr.: Brager (ein Epos), Kopenhagen 1774; Fabeln, Balladen u. Erzählungen, ebd. 1782; Gesammelte Gedichte, ebd. 1785. 2) Theodor, geb. im… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 17Storm — Storm, 1) Theodor, Dichter und Novellist, geb. 14. Sept. 1817 zu Husum in Schleswig, gest. 4. Juli 1888 in Hademarschen, studierte Rechtswissenschaft in Kiel und Berlin, wo er mit dem Brüderpaar Theodor und Tycho Mommsen in nähere Verbindung trat …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 18Storm — Storm, Theod., Dichter und Novellist, geb. 14. Sept. 1817 zu Husum, 1867 80 Amtsrichter das., gest. 4. Juli 1888 in Hademarschen (Holstein); »Gedichte« (1852 u.ö.), zahlreiche Novellen (»Immensee«, »Im Sonnenschein«, »Auf der Universität«,… …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 19storm — index assail, attack, barrage, bluster (commotion), cataclysm, demonstrate (protest), furor …

    Law dictionary

  • 20Storm — Storm, Hans Theodor …

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