What does surge mean?
Definitions for surge
sɜrdʒsurge
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Princeton's WordNet
rush, spate, surge, upsurgenoun
a sudden forceful flow
surge, upsurgenoun
a sudden or abrupt strong increase
"stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime"
billow, surgeverb
a large sea wave
billow, surge, heaveverb
rise and move, as in waves or billows
"The army surged forward"
soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoomverb
rise rapidly
"the dollar soared against the yen"
tide, surgeverb
rise or move forward
"surging waves"
scend, surgeverb
rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave
"the boats surged"
surgeverb
see one's performance improve
"He levelled the score and then surged ahead"
Wiktionary
surgenoun
A sudden rush, flood or increase which is transient.
surgenoun
The maximum amplitude of a vehicles' forward/backward oscillation
He felt a surge of excitement.
surgenoun
A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
A power surge at that generator created a blackout across the whole district.
surgenoun
The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).
surgeverb
To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
Toaster sales surged last year.
surgeverb
To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
A ship surges forwards, sways sideways and heaves up.
surgeverb
To slack off a line.
Etymology: From surgen, from possibly from sourgir, from surgir, from Old Catalan surgir, from surgere, contr. of surrigere, subrigere, from sub + regere; see regent.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Surgenoun
A swelling sea; wave rolling above the general surface of the water; billow; wave.
Etymology: from surgo, Latin.
The realm was left, like a ship in a storm, amidst all the raging surges, unruled and undirected of any. Edmund Spenser.
The wind-shak’d surge, with high and monstrous main,
Seems to cast water on the burning bear,
And quench the guards of the ever-fired pole:
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On the enchafed flood. William Shakespeare, Othello.He trod the water,
Whose enmity he flung aside, and breasted
The surge most swoln that met him. William Shakespeare, Tempest.It was formerly famous for the unfortunate loves of Hero and Leander, drowned in the uncompassionate surges. George Sandys.
The sulph’rous hail
Shot after us in storm, o’erblown, hath laid
The fiery surge, that from the precipice
Of heav’n receiv’d us falling. John Milton, Paradise Lost.He sweeps the skies, and clears the cloudy North:
He flies aloft, and with impetuous roar
Pursues the foaming surges to the shore. Dryden.Thetis, near Ismena’s swelling flood,
With dread beheld the rolling surges sweep
In heaps his slaughter’d sons into the deep. Alexander Pope.To Surgeverb
To swell; to rise high.
Etymology: from surgo, Latin.
From midst of all the main
The surging waters like a mountain rise. Fairy Queen.He, all in rage, his sea-god sire besought,
Some cursed vengeance on his son to cast;
From surging gulfs two monsters straight were brought. F. Q.Up from the bottom turn’d by furious winds
And surging waves, as mountains, to assault
Heav’n’s height, and with the centre mix the pole. John Milton.Not with indented wave,
Prone on the ground, as since; but on his rear,
Circular base of rising folds, that tower’d
Fold above fold, a surging maze! John Milton, Parad. Lost.Surging waves against a solid rock,
Though all to shivers dash’d, th’ assault renew,
Vain batt’ry, and in froth or bubbles end. John Milton.
Webster Dictionary
Surgenoun
a spring; a fountain
Surgenoun
a large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind
Surgenoun
the motion of, or produced by, a great wave
Surgenoun
the tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips
Surgeverb
to swell; to rise hifg and roll
Surgeverb
to slip along a windlass
Surgenoun
to let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan)
Etymology: [L. surgere, surrectum, to raise, to rise; sub under + regere to direct: cf. OF. surgeon, sourgeon, fountain. See Regent, and cf. Insurrection, Sortie, Source.]
Freebase
Surge
Surge was a variation of a Norwegian citrus soft drink called Urge. Surge, like Urge, was produced by the Coca-Cola Company to compete with Pepsi's Mountain Dew. Surge had a more "hardcore" edge much like Mountain Dew's advertising at this time, in an attempt to further take customers away from Pepsi.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Surge
surj, n. the rising or swelling of a large wave.—v.i. to rise high: to swell.—adj. Sur′gy, full of surges or waves: billowy. [L. surgĕre, to rise.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
surge
A large swelling wave. Also, the tapered part of the whelps between the chocks of the capstan, upon which the messenger is readily surged.--To surge, is to slacken up suddenly a portion of a rope where it renders round a pin, windlass, or capstan; as, "Surge the messenger." A ship is said to surge on a reef when she rises and falls with the heave of the sea, so as to strike heavily.
Anagrams for surge »
urges
grues
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of surge in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of surge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of surge in a Sentence
Social media saw a surge in talk about a run, and uninsured depositors acted quickly to flee.
Hurricane Michael is forecast to be the most destructive storm to hit the Florida Panhandle in decades, you can not hide from storm surge, so get out if an evacuation is ordered.
SAFE cancelled the formal approval process for outbound transactions some time ago, but they are monitoring flows going out quite carefully, given the recent surge in money leaving the country.
Our message to the unions is to say ‘this is not a time to strike, this is a time to try and negotiate’. But in the absence of that, it is important for the government... to have contingency plans in place, we’re looking at the military, we’re looking at a specialist response force... a surge capacity.
They will become dominant and will make it easier for people to become infected and lead to a surge.
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Translations for surge
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- stuwingAfrikaans
- موجةArabic
- nápor, špička, vzedmutí, příval, poryv, nárazCzech
- bølgeDanish
- Brandung, Aufwallung, Woge, Spannungsstoß, Welle, Überspannung, SchwallGerman
- sobretensión, oleadaSpanish
- aallokko, paisua, rynnätä, aalto, jännitepiikki, maininkiFinnish
- déferler, vague, poussée, afflux, montéeFrench
- borradh leictreachais, borradh cumhachta, borradhIrish
- xurdirGalician
- túlfeszültségHungarian
- lonjakanIndonesian
- ondataItalian
- サージJapanese
- fluctusLatin
- tai reporepo, pōrutuMāori
- напливMacedonian
- stortzee, golfDutch
- bølgeNorwegian
- skok napięcia, przypływPolish
- surtoPortuguese
- прибой, волна, скачок напряжения, всплескRussian
- vyrútiť sa, vlnobitie, príval, vyraziť, zdúvanie, nahrnúť sa, príboj, špička, nával, vyvaliť sa, navaliť saSlovak
- svallaSwedish
- எழுச்சிTamil
- ఉన్నట్లుండిTelugu
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