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billow

noun

1 billow

A large sea wave.

synonym: surge.

Roget 348: running water.    jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau [Fr.]; sluice.    water spout, water fall; ... show more

verb

1 billow

Rise up as if in waves:
— Smoke billowed up into the sky.

synonym: wallow.

2 billow

Move with great difficulty.

3 billow

Rise and move, as in waves or billows.

synonyms: heave, surge.

Dutch: zwellen, doen bol staan

4 billow

Become inflated.

synonyms: balloon, inflate.

Dutch: bollen, opbollen


Moby thesaurus: bag, balloon, be poised, belly, belly out, bilge, bore, bouge, break, breakers, bug, bulge, chop, choppiness, chopping sea, comb, comber, crash, dash, dilate ... show more.

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