Billow meaning
Any large swelling mass or surge, as of smoke, sound, etc.
noun
To billow is to swell outward or to move or rise up as if caused by waves.
An example of billow is when fabric blows outward in the wind.
An example of billow is when smoke wafts upward in gentle waves.
verb
A large wave or swell of water.
noun
A great swell, surge, or undulating mass, as of smoke or sound.
noun
To cause to billow.
Wind that billowed the sails.
verb
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A large wave; great swell of water.
noun
To surge, swell, or rise like or in a billow.
verb
To make billow or surge.
verb
To swell out or bulge.
Sheets billowing in the breeze.
verb
To surge or roll in billows.
verb
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Origin of billow
- From Old Norse bylgja a wave bhelgh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijǭ. Cognates include Danish bølge, Middle High German bulga and Low German bulge.
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