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oʊ noun
1.
a great wave or surge of the sea.
2.
any surging mass: billows of smoke.
verb (used without object)
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.
verb (used with object)
5.
to make rise, surge, swell, or the like: A sudden wind billowed the tent alarmingly.
Origin:
1545–55; < Old Norse bylgja wave, cognate with Middle Low German bulge; akin to Old English gebylgan to anger, provoke
1545–55; < Old Norse bylgja wave, cognate with Middle Low German bulge; akin to Old English gebylgan to anger, provoke
Related forms
un·der·bil·low, verb (used without object)
Synonyms
1. swell, breaker, crest, roller, whitecap.
1. swell, breaker, crest, roller, whitecap.
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billow (ˈbɪləʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a large sea wave |
| 2. | a swelling or surging mass, as of smoke or sound |
| 3. | a large atmospheric wave, usually in the lee of a hill |
| 4. | poetic (plural) the sea itself |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to rise up, swell out, or cause to rise up or swell out |
| [C16: from Old Norse bylgja; related to Swedish bōlja, Danish bölg, Middle High German bulge; see | |
| 'billowing | |
| —adj, —n | |
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Word Origin & History
billow
1550s, perhaps older in dialectal use, from O.N. bylgja "a wave," from P.Gmc. *bulgjan (cf. M.H.G. bulge "billow, bag"), from PIE *bhelgh- "to swell" (see belly). Related: Billowing; billowy.
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