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4 VERB If you storm into or out of a place, you enter or leave it quickly and noisily, because you are angry. □ [V adv/prep] He stormed into an office, demanding to know where the head of department was.

5 VERB If a place that is being defended is stormed , a group of people attack it, usually in order to get inside it. □ [be V -ed] Government buildings have been stormed and looted. □ [V n] The refugees decided to storm the embassy. ●  storm|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ of ] …the storming of the Bastille.

6 → see also firestorm

7 PHRASE If someone or something takes a place by storm , they are extremely successful. □  Kenya's long distance runners have taken the athletics world by storm.

8 PHRASE If someone weathers the storm , they succeed in reaching the end of a very difficult period without much harm or damage. □  He insists he will not resign and will weather the storm.

9a storm in a teacup → see teacup

sto rm cloud (storm clouds ) also stormcloud

1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Storm clouds are the dark clouds which are seen before a storm.

2 N‑COUNT [usu pl] You can use storm clouds to refer to a sign that something very unpleasant is going to happen. [FORMAL ] □  Over the past three weeks, the storm clouds have gathered again over the government.

sto rm troop|er (storm troopers ) also stormtrooper N‑COUNT Storm troopers were members of a private Nazi army who were well-known for being violent.

stormy /stɔː ^r mi/ (stormier , stormiest )

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] If there is stormy weather, there are strong winds and heavy rain. □  It had been a night of stormy weather, with torrential rain and high winds.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Stormy seas have very large strong waves because there are strong winds. □  They make the treacherous journey across stormy seas.

3 ADJ If you describe a situation as stormy , you mean it involves a lot of angry argument or criticism. □  The letter was read at a stormy meeting.

sto|ry ◆◆◆ /stɔː ri/ (stories )

1 N‑COUNT A story is a description of imaginary people and events, which is written or told in order to entertain. □  I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits. □  …a popular love story with a happy ending.

2 N‑COUNT A story is a description of an event or something that happened to someone, especially a spoken description of it. □  The parents all shared interesting stories about their children. □  Isak's story is typical of a child who has a specific learning disability.

3 N‑COUNT The story of something is a description of all the important things that have happened to it since it began. □ [+ of ] …the story of the women's movement in Ireland.

4 N‑COUNT If someone invents a story , they give a false explanation or account of something. □  He invented some story about a cousin.

5 N‑COUNT A news story is a piece of news in a newspaper or in a news broadcast. □  Those are some of the top stories in the news. □  They'll do anything for a story. □  …front-page news stories.

6 → see storey , -storey

7 → see also cock-and-bull story , short story , sob story , success story , tall story

8 PHRASE In British English, you use to cut a long story short to indicate that you are going to state the final result of an event and not give any more details. In American English, you say to make a long story short . □  To cut a long story short, I ended up as managing director.