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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | surge |
| Type of | wave, moving ridge |
| Derivation | billowy |
Examples of billow
billow
Dark clouds of smoke billow from a wildfire over the National Park of Garajonay.
From the couriermail.com.au
A short time later, heavy black smoke started to billow out from the floor vents.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Flames and smoke billow from a home in west Jackson, Miss., Tuesday evening, Nov.
From the sfgate.com
As the day wore on, however, the well continued to billow black oil into the gulf.
From the washingtonpost.com
A mile beneath the surface, that noxious plume of gas and oil continues to billow.
From the washingtonpost.com
There's no amplitude, no curved line, no surrender to the music's sweep and billow.
From the guardian.co.uk
Thick smoke continued to billow into the sky yesterday in eastern San Diego County.
From the signonsandiego.com
A number of dishes at Straits announced themselves with a billow of wok hei.
From the chron.com
But rounding the corner, we saw plumes of orange dust billow and rain down on runners.
From the sacbee.com
- A large sea wave
- Rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky"
- Move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"
- Rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"
- Balloon: become inflated; "The sails ballooned"
- In mathematics and science, a wave is a disturbance that travels through space and time, usually by the transfer of energy. Waves are described by a wave equation that can take on many forms depending on the type of wave. ...
- A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of water, smoke or sound; To surge or roll in billows; To swell out or bulge
