Billowed
a great wave or surge of the sea.
any surging mass:
billows of smoke.
to rise or roll in or like billows; surge.
to swell out, puff up, etc., as by the action of wind:
flags billowing in the breeze.
to make rise, surge, swell, or the like:
A sudden wind billowed the tent alarmingly.
Contemporary Examples
Your Guide to Pope-Picking: Conclave Songs, Livefeeds, Betting & More Nina Strochlic March 11, 2013
Historical Examples
The Quantum Jump Robert Wicks
A Breath of Prairie and other stories Will Lillibridge
A Little Pilgrimage in Italy Olave M. (Olave Muriel) Potter
The Love Affairs of an Old Maid Lilian Bell
And Even Now Max Beerbohm
The Double Four E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Girl from Alsace Burton Egbert Stevenson
Uncle William Jennette Lee
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Robert G. Ingersoll
noun
a large sea wave
a swelling or surging mass, as of smoke or sound
a large atmospheric wave, usually in the lee of a hill
(pl) (poetic) the sea itself
verb
to rise up, swell out, or cause to rise up or swell out
n.
v.
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