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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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Billowed
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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
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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