billow(n = noun.event) surge - a large sea wave;
is a kind of moving ridge, wave
Derived forms verb billow₃, adjective billowy₁

1.  billow(v = verb.motion) wallow - rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky"
is one way to soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

2.  billow(v = verb.motion) - move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

3.  billow(v = verb.motion) heave, surge - rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"
is one way to blow up, inflate
Derived form noun billow₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s

4.  billow(v = verb.change) balloon, inflate - become inflated; "The sails ballooned"
is one way to expand
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

1.  A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind. [1913 Webster]
"Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll." [1913 Webster]

2.  A great wave or flood of anything. Milton. [1913 Webster]

   To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate. Prior. [1913 Webster]

billow, n. & v.
--n.
1 a wave.
2 a soft upward-curving flow.
3 any large soft mass.
--v.intr. move or build up in billows.

Derivative:
billowy adj.

Etymology:
ON bylgja f. Gmc

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