Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Billowing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

billowing
adj 1: moving in surges and billows and rolls; "billowing smoke
from burning houses"; "the rolling fog"; "the rolling
sea"; "the tumbling water of the rapids" [syn: {rolling},
{tumbling}]
2: characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy
storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging
waves" [syn: {billowy}, {billowing(a)}, {surging}]


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