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1. (n.) billow
a great wave or surge of the sea.
2. billow
any surging mass:
billows of smoke.
3. (v.i.) billow
to rise or roll in billows; surge.
4. billow
to swell out, puff up, etc.
5. (v.t.) billow
to cause to billow.
Etymology: (1545–55; < ON bylgja wave)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) billow, surge
a large sea wave
2. (verb) billow, wallow
rise up as if in waves
"smoke billowed up into the sky"
3. (verb) billow
move with great difficulty
"The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"
4. (verb) billow, surge, heave
rise and move, as in waves or billows
"The army surged forward"
5. (verb) balloon, inflate, billow
become inflated
"The sails ballooned"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) billow
a great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind
2. (noun) billow
a great wave or flood of anything
3. (verb) billow
to surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate
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Sense: a large wave.
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 Afrikaans: golf, brander |
 Arabic: مَوْجَةٌ عارِمه |
 Bulgarian: огромна морска вълна |
 Brazilian: vagalhão |
 Czech: veliká vlna |
 German: die Woge |
 Danish: bølge; sø |
 Greek: μεγάλο κύμα |
 Spanish: oleada |
 Estonian: kõrglaine |
 Farsi: موج بزرگ |
 Finnish: suuri aalto |
 French: lame |
 Hebrew: נַחשוֹל |
 Hindi: महातरंग, तरंग, लहर |
 Croatian: veliki val |
 Hungarian: nagy hullám |
 Indonesian: ombak, gelombang besar |
 Icelandic: (stór) alda, bylgja |
 Italian: maroso |
 Japanese: 大波 |
 Korean: 큰 파도 |
 Lithuanian: didelė banga |
 Latvian: liels vilnis; banga |
 Malay: ombak besar |
 Dutch: golf |
 Norwegian: stor bølge |
 Polish: fala |
 Persian: موج بزرگ |
 Portuguese: vagalhão |
 Romanian: talaz |
 Russian: большая волна |
 Slovak: veľká vlna |
 Slovenian: val |
 Serbian: veliki talas |
 Swedish: stor våg, bölja |
 Thai: คลี่นใหญ่ |
 Turkish: büyük dalga |
 Taiwanese: 巨浪 |
 Ukrainian: велика хвиля, вал |
 Urdu: بڑی لہر ، موج |
 Vietnamese: sóng lớn |
 Chinese: 巨浪 |
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