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Billow Common

Billow has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a large sea wave

2

A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound

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"

5

To surge or roll in billows.

Example Sentences
"smoke billowed up into the sky" verb
"The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed" verb
"The army surged forward" verb
"The sails ballooned" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wave soar travel inflate expand
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
cloud reflate
Rhyming Words
low alow glow slow blow flow plow ablow bulow below allow aglow volow coflow kozlow hollow beblow yellow upflow replow
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