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noun

a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.

a strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something: a billowing surge of smoke.

the rolling swell of the sea.

the swelling and rolling sea: The surge crashed against the rocky coast.

a swelling wave; billow.

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Meteorology.

a widespread change in atmospheric pressure that is in addition to cyclonic and normal diurnal changes.

storm surge.

Electricity.

a sudden rush or burst of current or voltage.

a violent oscillatory disturbance.

Nautical. a slackening or slipping back, as of a rope or cable.

Machinery.

an uneven flow and strong momentum given to a fluid, as water in a tank, resulting in a rapid, temporary rise in pressure.

pulsating unevenness of motion in an engine or gas turbine.

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verb (used without object)

10.

(of a ship) to rise and fall, toss about, or move along on the waves: to surge at anchor.

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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.

to increase suddenly, as current or voltage.

to oscillate violently.

14.

Nautical.

to slack off or loosen a rope or cable around a capstan or windlass.

to slip back, as a rope.

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Machinery. to move with pulsating unevenness, as something driven by an engine or gas turbine.

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verb (used with object)

16.

to cause to surge or roll in or as in waves.

17.

Nautical. to slacken (a rope).

Origin:
1480–90; perhaps < Latin surgere to spring up, arise, stand up

Related forms

un·surg·ing, adjective

Can be confused: serge, surge.

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Example Sentences

Construction of new homes fell sharply last month and foreclosures surged in the first quarter, reports showed.

The price of teff, a staple, has surged after a famine that is still pushing people to the city.

On the bull's burial day, city residents surged into the streets to observe this occasion of national mourning.

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Construction of new homes fell sharply last month and foreclosures surged in the first quarter, reports showed.

The price of teff, a staple, has surged after a famine that is still pushing people to the city.

On the bull's burial day, city residents surged into the streets to observe this occasion of national mourning.

The team found that brain dopamine surged as the drug-addicted rats turned to walk over to the lever.

The sand blows were left by geysers when debris surged up through narrow dikes and landed in wide mounds.

The renewable industry has surged when voters get angry.

Protesters surged back into the square, and the monarchy called for peace after two days of violent crackdowns.

Investors have surged off-piste in search of higher returns.

It's no wonder that worldwide demand for palm oil has surged in recent years.

Louis, which created a multidisciplinary tickborne-disease research team because cases have surged there.

On an afternoon dominated by two surprise contenders, one slipped and the other surged.

Protesters have burned cars and braved beatings as police on motorcycles surged into crowds.

Suddenly, the current surged through the cables with a crackling noise, and the cables were almost red hot.

Foreclosures surged at the end of the last year on adjustable-rate mortgages, an industry group reported.

Wage and price controls were used to contain inflation, which surged when controls came off.

But capacity prices were not discounted last year, which may be why the pipeline was not full, even as demand surged.

European far-right parties have already surged in electoral popularity.

Wildly excited, the crowd surged about the driver and demanded his arrest, threatening him with violence.

When the water surged over him he quickly resigned himself to warm and cradling.

Meanwhile, applications for citizenship have surged.

Macy's profit surged in the third quarter as the chain benefited from tailoring its merchandise to local markets.

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Word Origin & History

surge

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;

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figurative sense of "excited rising up" (as of feelings) is from 1520. The verb is first recorded 1511.

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Science Dictionary

surge (sûrj) Pronunciation Key
A coastal rise in water level caused by wind.

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"A whole village-full of sensuous emotion, scattered abroad all the year long, surged here in a focus for an hour. The forty hearts of those waving couples were beating as they had not done since, twelve months before, they had come together in similar jollity. For the time Paganism was revived in their hearts, the pride of life was all in all, and they adored none other than themselves."

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