7 results for: billow
bil·low
Audio Help [bil-oh] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [bil-oh] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a great wave or surge of the sea. |
| 2. | any surging mass: billows of smoke. |
| 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. |
| 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.
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
billow
To learn more about billow visit Britannica.com
| © 2008 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. |
| bil·low
Audio Help (bĭl'ō) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. bil·lowed, bil·low·ing, bil·lows v. intr.
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. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
billow
1552, perhaps older in dialectal use, from O.N. bylgja "a wave," from P.Gmc. *bulgjan, from PIE *bhelgh- "to swell" (see belly).
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| 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] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
billow [ˈbiləu] noun
a large wave
See also: billow out
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Billow
Bil"low\, n. [Cf. Icel. bylgja billow, Dan. b["o]lge, Sw. b["o]lja; akin to MHG. bulge billow, bag, and to E. bulge. See Bulge.]1. A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind. Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll. --Cowper. 2. A great wave or flood of anything. --Milton.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
View results from: Dictionary | Thesaurus | Encyclopedia | All Reference | the Web
Perform a new search, or try your search for "billow" at:
- Amazon.com - Shop for books, music and more
- Reference.com - Encyclopedia Search
- Reference.com - Web Search powered by Google
- Thesaurus.com - Search for synonyms and antonyms














