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surge
[surj] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, surged, surg·ing.
[surj] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, surged, surg·ing. –noun
–verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob. |
| 2. | a strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something: a billowing surge of smoke. |
| 3. | the rolling swell of the sea. |
| 4. | the swelling and rolling sea: The surge crashed against the rocky coast. |
| 5. | a swelling wave; billow. |
| 6. | Meteorology.
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| 7. | Electricity.
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| 8. | Nautical. a slackening or slipping back, as of a rope or cable. |
| 9. | Machinery.
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| 10. | (of a ship) to rise and fall, toss about, or move along on the waves: to surge at anchor. |
| 11. | to rise, roll, move, or swell forward in or like waves: The sea surged against the shore. The crowd surged back and forth. |
| 12. | to rise as if by a heaving or swelling force: Blood surged to his face. |
| 13. | Electricity.
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| 14. | Nautical.
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| 15. | Machinery. to move with pulsating unevenness, as something driven by an engine or gas turbine. |
| 16. | to cause to surge or roll in or as in waves. |
| 17. | Nautical. to slacken (a rope). |
[Origin: 1480–90; perh. < L surgere to spring up, arise, stand up
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| surge
(sûrj) Pronunciation Key
v. surged, surg·ing, surg·es v. intr.
v. tr. Nautical To loosen or slacken (a cable) gradually. n.
[Probably French sourdre, sourge- (from Old French) and French surgir, to rise (from Old French, to cast anchor, from Old Catalan), both from Latin surgere, to rise : sub-, from below; see sub- + regere, to lead straight; see reg- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
surge (n.)
surge (n.)
1490, "fountain, stream," probably from M.Fr. sourge-, stem of sourdre "to rise, swell," from L. surgere "to rise," contraction of surrigere "to rise," from sub "up from below" + regere "to keep straight, guide" (see right). Meaning "high, rolling swell of water" is from 1530; figurative sense of "excited rising up" (as of feelings) is from 1520. The verb is first recorded 1511.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| surge | |
noun | |
| 1. | a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush] |
| 2. | a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime" |
| 3. | a large sea wave [syn: billow] |
verb | |
| 1. | rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" [syn: billow] |
| 2. | rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen" [syn: soar] |
| 3. | rise or move forward; "surging waves" [syn: tide] [ant: ebb] |
| 4. | rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged" [syn: scend] |
| 5. | see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead" |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| surge
(sûrj) Pronunciation Key
A coastal rise in water level caused by wind.
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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This
SURGE
Sorter, Updater, Report Generator, Etc. IBM 704, 1959. Sammet 1969, p.8.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Surge
Surge\, n. [L. surgere, surrectum, to raise, to rise; sub under + regere to direct: cf. OF. surgeon, sourgeon, fountain. See Regent, and cf. Insurrection, Sortie, Source.]1. A spring; a fountain. [Obs.] "Divers surges and springs of water." --Ld. Berners. 2. A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind. He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. --James i. 6 (Rev. Ver.) He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar, Pursues the foaming surges to the shore. --Dryden. 3. The motion of, or produced by, a great wave. 4. The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
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Surge
Surge\, v. i. 1. To swell; to rise hifg and roll. The surging waters like a mountain rise. --Spenser. 2. (Naut.) To slip along a windlass.
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Surge
Surge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surged; p. pr. & vb. n. Surging.] [Cf. F. surgir to cast anchor, to land. Cf. Surge, n.] (Naut.) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).
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