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Definitions for Billow

[1] a great wave or surge of the sea.
[2] any surging mass: billows of smoke.
[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.
[5] to make rise, surge, swell, or the like: A sudden wind billowed the tent alarmingly.
[6] a large sea wave
[7] a swelling or surging mass, as of smoke or sound
[8] a large atmospheric wave, usually in the lee of a hill
[9] (plural) poetic the sea itself
[10] to rise up, swell out, or cause to rise up or swell out

Words related to Billow

undulate, swell, wave, tide, breaker, crest, surge, beachcomber, roller, bloat, bulge, roll, balloon, rock, bounce, toss, belly, pitch, ripple, heave

Words nearby Billow

billion, billionaire, billiton, billman, billon, billow, billow cloud, billowy, billposter, billroth's operation i, billroth's operation ii

Origin of Billow

1545–55; < Old Norse bylgja wave, cognate with Middle Low German bulge; akin to Old English gebylgan to anger, provoke

Other words from Billow

un·der·bil·low , verb (used without object)

Word origin for Billow

C16: from Old Norse bylgja ; related to Swedish bōlja , Danish bölg , Middle High German bulge ; see bellow , belly

Synonyms for Billow

beachcomber, breaker, crest, roller, surge, swell, tide, wave