Billow (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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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)
  1. to rise or roll in or like billows; surge.
  2. to swell out, puff up, etc., as by the action of wind: flags billowing in the breeze.
verb (used with object)
  1. to make rise, surge, swell, or the like: A sudden wind billowed the tent alarmingly.
noun
  1. a large sea wave
  2. a swelling or surging mass, as of smoke or sound
  3. a large atmospheric wave, usually in the lee of a hill
  4. the sea itself
verb
  1. to rise up, swell out, or cause to rise up or swell out
Billow (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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