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- Dictionarybillow/ˈbɪləʊ/
noun
- 1. a large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam. Similar
verb
- 1. (of fabric) fill with air and swell outwards: "her dress billowed out around her" Similar
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a large, moving mass of something, such as smoke or cloud, that spreads over a large area: billows of smoke.
The meaning of BILLOW is wave; especially : a great wave or surge of water. How to use billow in a sentence.
a large wave; great swell of water. 2. any large swelling mass or surge, as of smoke, sound, etc. verb intransitive. 3. to surge, swell, or rise like or in a billow. verb transitive. 4. to make billow or surge.
noun a great wave or surge of the sea. Synonyms: whitecap, roller, comber, breaker, swell any surging mass: billows of smoke.
Something billows when there's a fluid or blowing motion, such as the air filling a curtain at an open window, or smoke billowing from a fire.
billow. noun [ C usually plural ] us / ˈbɪl.oʊ / uk / ˈbɪl.əʊ / a large, moving mass of something, such as smoke or cloud, that spreads over a large area: billows of smoke.
n. 1. A large wave or swell of water. 2. A great swell, surge, or undulating mass, as of smoke or sound. v. bil·lowed, bil·low·ing, bil·lows. v.intr. 1. To surge or roll in billows. 2. To swell out or bulge: sheets billowing in the breeze. v.tr. To cause to billow: wind that billowed the sails.
BILLOW definition: to be moved and spread out by a current of air: . Learn more.
noun. billows. A large wave or swell of water. American Heritage. A large wave; great swell of water. Webster's New World. A great swell, surge, or undulating mass, as of smoke or sound. American Heritage. Any large swelling mass or surge, as of smoke, sound, etc. Webster's New World.
A great swelling wave of the sea, produced generally by a high wind; but often used as merely = Wave, and hence poetically for ‘the sea’. 1552. Bellowe or waue of water. R. Huloet, Abcedarium Anglico Latinum. 1573. His barke with many a billowe beaten.
