definition of
spate

[1] #1 spate n. [batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, stack, tidy sum, wad] (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. wn

[2] #2 spate n. [rush, surge, upsurge] a sudden forceful flow. wn

[3] #3 spate n. [freshet] the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow. wn