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billow
[
bil
-oh
]
Example Sentences
Origin
bil·low
/
ˈbɪl
oʊ
/
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[
bil
-oh
]
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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.
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to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
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to bark; yelp.
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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
Related forms
un·der·bil·low,
verb (used without object)
Synonyms
1.
swell, breaker, crest, roller, whitecap.
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Example Sentences
Curtains, for example, still
billow
in cold showers.
What is more, only benign gaz are emitted in the atmosphere, and can
billow
away without damaging the ozone layer.
Flag, supported by wires, appears to
billow
in the airless lunar environment.
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Curtains, for example, still
billow
in cold showers.
What is more, only benign gaz are emitted in the atmosphere, and can
billow
away without damaging the ozone layer.
Flag, supported by wires, appears to
billow
in the airless lunar environment.
Cackle as huge clouds of cold-sublimating gas
billow
forth.
Dresses float from empire waists or smocked yokes, or
billow
out over fancy petticoats.
Air currents cause the curtains to
billow
gently so that visitors may have to push the cloth away as they progress.
But by the time the workers got the tarp on the field, the wind was making it
billow
.
And he plays quietly, leaving room for silence to
billow
out between his phrases.
The freshest versions of skirts that graze calves or
billow
about the ankles offer a casual alternative.
The cloak's tails
billow
in response to the direction of solar winds.
Smoke and dust
billow
out in bright plumes, followed by shouts and the keening of ambulance sirens.
Take in the scenery and watch the restored steam locomotive
billow
black smoke as it pulls the cars up two switchbacks.
Changeable taffeta blouses
billow
over snug stretch pants, and big silk coats float over long tunics and short skirts.
Plastic scrubber will
billow
into toxic plastic smoke in as little as four seconds.
He can make a skirt
billow
or hair flow more fiercely in the wind.
Clad in a flimsy dress, she would wrap plastic sheets around her body that would
billow
around her with the wind.
Thousands of swaths of pleated nylon were unfurled to bob and
billow
in the breeze.
Oil continues to
billow
from under the lip and through four open vents on top of the device.
Then the males ruffle their chest feathers into a magnificent
billow
and strut their stuff.
For instance, jeans that fit well at the hips may
billow
around the legs.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
billow
(ˈbɪləʊ)
—
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
bellow
,
belly
]
'billowing
—
adj
, —
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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