Found 3 items, similar to Billow.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: billow
mengelembung, ombak
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: billow
billow
n : a large sea wave [syn:
surge]
v 1: rise up as if in waves;
“smoke billowed up nto the sky”
[syn:
wallow]
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” [syn:
surge,
heave]
4: become inflated;
“The sails ballooned” [syn:
balloon,
inflate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Billow
Billow
\Bil"low\, n. [Cf. Icel. bylgja billow, Dan. b["o]lge,
Sw. b["o]lja; akin to MHG. bulge billow, bag, and to E.
bulge. See
Bulge.]
1. A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused
usually by violent wind.
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Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll.
--Cowper.
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2. A great wave or flood of anything. --Milton.
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Billow
\Bil"low\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Billowed; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Billowing.]
To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate.
“The billowing snow.” --Prior.
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