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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.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to make rise, surge, swell, or the like: A sudden wind billowed the tent alarmingly.

[Origin: 1545–55; < ON bylgja wave, c. MLG bulge; akin to OE gebylgan to anger, provoke

]

—Synonyms 1. swell, breaker, crest, roller, whitecap.

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bil·low Audio Help (bĭl'ō) Pronunciation Key
n.

A large wave or swell of water.
A great swell, surge, or undulating mass, as of smoke or sound.

v. bil·lowed, bil·low·ing, bil·lows

v. intr.

To surge or roll in billows.
To swell out or bulge: sheets billowing in the breeze.

v. tr.
To cause to billow: wind that billowed the sails.

[From Old Norse bylgja, a wave; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.]

bil'low·i·ness n., bil'low·y adj.

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billow

1552, perhaps older in dialectal use, from O.N. bylgja "a wave," from P.Gmc. *bulgjan, from PIE *bhelgh- "to swell" (see belly).

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billow
noun
1.	a large sea wave
verb
1.	rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky"
2.	move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"
3.	rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"
4.	become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: balloon]

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billow [ˈbiləu] noun

a large wave

Arabic:	مَوْجَةٌ عارِمه
Chinese (Simplified):	巨浪
Chinese (Traditional):	巨浪
Czech:	veliká vlna
Danish:	bølge; sø
Dutch:	golf
Estonian:	kõrglaine
Finnish:	aalto
French:	lame
German:	die Woge
Greek:	μεγάλο κύμα
Hungarian:	nagy hullám
Icelandic:	(stór) alda, bylgja
Indonesian:	ombak, gelombang besar
Italian:	maroso

Japanese:	大波
Korean:	큰 파도
Latvian:	liels vilnis; banga
Lithuanian:	didelė banga
Norwegian:	stor bølge
Polish:	fala
Portuguese (Brazil):	vagalhão
Portuguese (Portugal):	vagalhão
Romanian:	talaz
Russian:	большая волна
Slovak:	veľká vlna
Slovenian:	val
Spanish:	oleada
Swedish:	stor våg, bölja
Turkish:	büyük dalga