billow
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(verb) rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" |
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Synonyms: heave, surge |
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Related Words: blow up, inflate |
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2. |
(verb) billow forth; as of smoke or waves |
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Synonyms: wallow |
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Related Words: cloud, soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom |
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(verb) move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed" |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel |
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(noun) a large sea wave |
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Synonyms: surge |
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Related Words: moving ridge, wave |
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5. |
(verb) become inflated; "The sails ballooned" |
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Synonyms: balloon, inflate |
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Related Words: expand, reflate |
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