About The Word Billow
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Billow
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What's The Definition Of Billow?
[n] a large sea wave
[v] become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [v] rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" [v] billow forth; as of smoke or waves [v] move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed" Synonyms | Synonyms for Billow: balloon | heave | inflate | surge | surge | wallow Related Terms | Find terms related to Billow: bag | balloon | be poised | belly | belly out | bilge | bore | bouge | break | breakers | bug | bulge | chop | choppiness | chopping sea | comb | comber | crash | dash | dilate | dirty water | distend | eagre | ebb and flow | goggle | gravity wave | ground swell | heave | heavy sea | heavy swell | lift | lop | peak | pooch | pop | popple | pouch | pout | riffle | ripple | rise | rise and fall | roll | roller | rough water | round out | scend | sea | send | smash | surf | surge | swell | swell out | tidal bore | tidal wave | tide wave | toss | trough | tsunami | undulate | undulation | water wave | wave | wavelet | white horses | whitecaps See Also | blow up | cloud | expand | go | inflate | locomote | move | moving ridge | reflate | soar | soar up | soar upwards | travel | wave | zoom Billow In Webster's Dictionary \Bil"low\, n. [Cf. Icel. bylgja billow, Dan. b["o]lge,
Sw. b["o]lja; 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.
--Cowper.
2. A great wave or flood of anything. --Milton.
\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. |
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