billow

[Bil·low]

Something billows when there's a fluid or blowing motion, such as the air filling a curtain at an open window, or smoke billowing from a fire.

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A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind.

Noun
a large sea wave

Verb
become inflated; "The sails ballooned"

Verb
rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"

Verb
rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up nto the sky"

Verb
move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"

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n.
A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind.

n.
A great wave or flood of anything.

v. i.
To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate.


Billow

Bil"low , n. [Cf. Icel. bylgja billow, Dan. b'94lge, Sw. b'94lja; akin to MHG. bulge billow, bag, and to E. bulge. See Bulge.] 1. A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind.
Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll.
2. A great wave or flood of anything. Milton.

Billow

Bil"low, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Billowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Billowing.] To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate. "The billowing snow." Prior.

A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind.

To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate.

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