billow
Noun
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A large sea wave (synset 107363145)
is a type of: moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)same as: surge
Verb
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Rise up as if in waves (synset 202045267)
"smoke billowed up into the sky"subtypes: cloud - billow up in the form of a cloudsame as: wallow
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Move with great difficulty (synset 202045573)
"The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"
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Rise and move, as in waves or billows (synset 202045051)
"The army surged forward"
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Become inflated (synset 200257003)
"The sails ballooned"is a type of: expand - become larger in size or volume or quantitysubtypes: reflate - become inflated again
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