Of waves, pestilence: To rage, be furious.

To wax violent or furious; to rage.

In extended use, of things. intransitive. Of a natural force or agent, as the wind, sea, a storm, etc.: to be violent, forceful, or vigorous; to…

intransitive. Of the wind, weather, etc., and impersonal: To be tempestuous, to blow tempestuously; to rage, storm. Also figurative. dialect or ar…

In extended use. intransitive. Of the sea, the wind, a storm, etc.: to rage; to rush or roar furiously.

intransitive. Of winds, weather, etc.: to be turbulent; to rage, bluster. Obsolete.

intransitive. Of a passionate emotion: to rage violently. rare.

Of the sea, etc.: To fret, rage, or fume. (Sometimes with a tinge of sense 9.)