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Billow

Billow Meaning & Definition
Billow Definition And Meaning

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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