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- Billow -
pronounced [bil-oh]
pronounced [bil-oh]
noun
2. any surging mass: billows of smoke.
1. a great wave or surge of the sea.
2. any surging mass: billows of smoke.
verb (used without object)
4. to swell out, puff up, etc., as by the action of wind: flags billowing in the breeze.
3. to rise or roll in or like billows; surge.
4. to swell out, puff up, etc., as by the action of wind: flags billowing in the breeze.
verb (used with object)
5. to make rise, surge, swell, or the like: A sudden wind billowed the tent alarmingly.
Origin
Origin
1550s, perhaps older in dialectal use, from O.N. bylgja "a wave," from P.Gmc. *bulgjan (cf. M.H.G. bulge "billow, bag"), from PIE *bhelgh- "to swell" (see belly). Related: Billowing; billowy.
Synonyms
1. swell, breaker, crest, roller, whitecap
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Synonyms
1. swell, breaker, crest, roller, whitecap
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