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Definitions for Billowing
[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 Billowing
billowundulate, bloat, bulge, roll, balloon, rock, bounce, wave, toss, belly, pitch, ripple, heave, swell
Words nearby Billowing
billowbillion, billionaire, billiton, billman, billon, billow, billow cloud, billowy, billposter, billroth's operation i, billroth's operation ii
Origin of Billowing
1545–55; < Old Norse bylgja wave, cognate with Middle Low German bulge; akin to Old English gebylgan to anger, provoke
Other words from Billowing
un·der·bil·low , verb (used without object)
Word origin for Billowing
C16: from Old Norse bylgja ; related to Swedish bōlja , Danish bölg , Middle High German bulge ; see bellow , belly
Synonyms for Billowing
undulate, balloon, belly, bloat, bounce, bulge, heave, pitch, ripple, rock, roll, swell, toss, wave, ebb and flow, puff up, rise and fall, rise up