- billow, surge
- اِضْطَرَبَ \ billow, surge. \ See Also تَلاطَمَ، تَمَوَّرَ
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
billow, surge
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billow — [bil′ō] n. [ON bylgja: see BELLY] 1. a large wave; great swell of water 2. any large swelling mass or surge, as of smoke, sound, etc. vi. to surge, swell, or rise like or in a billow vt. to make billow or surge SYN. WAVE … English World dictionary
billow — [n] surging mass beachcomber, breaker, crest, roller, surge, swell, tide, wave; concepts 437,514 billow [v] surge balloon, belly, bloat, bounce, bulge, ebb and flow, heave, pitch, puff up, ripple, rise and fall, rise up, rock, roll, swell, toss,… … New thesaurus
surge — [n] rush, usually of liquid billow, breaker, deluge, efflux, flood, flow, growth, gush, intensification, outpouring, rise, roll, surf, swell, upsurge, wave; concepts 432,467,787 surge [v] rush, usually in liquid form arise, billow, climb, deluge … New thesaurus
Billow — 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. [1913 Webster] Whom the winds… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
surge — [sʉrj] n. [LME sourge, fountain, stream, prob. < OFr sourgeon < stem of sourdre, to rise < L surgere, to rise, spring up < * subsregere < subs , var. of sub (see SUB ) + regere, to direct (see RIGHT)] 1. a) a large mass of or as of … English World dictionary
Surge — Surge, n. [L. surgere, surrectum, to raise, to rise; sub under + regere to direct: cf. OF. surgeon, sourgeon, fountain. See {Regent}, and cf. {Insurrection}, {Sortie}, {Source}.] 1. A spring; a fountain. [Obs.] Divers surges and springs of water … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Billow — 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
surge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. rise, swell, billow, seethe, swirl; sweep, rush, stream, gush. See water, assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A wave] Syn. swell, billow, breaker; see surf , wave 1 , 2 . 2. [A deluge] Syn. rush,… … English dictionary for students
surge — /serrj/, n., v., surged, surging. n. 1. a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob. 2. a strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something: a billowing surge of smoke. 3. the rolling swell of the… … Universalium
billow — 1. noun /ˈbɪləʊ,ˈbɪloʊ/ A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of water, smoke or sound And the brooklet has found the billow Though they flowed so far apart … Wiktionary
billow — bil•low [[t]ˈbɪl oʊ[/t]] n. 1) a great wave or surge of the sea 2) any surging mass: billows of smoke[/ex] 3) to rise or roll in billows; surge 4) to swell out, puff up, etc 5) to cause to billow • Etymology: 1545–55; < ON bylgja wave … From formal English to slang
