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[ surj ] / sɜrdʒ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR surge ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob. a strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something: a billowing surge of smoke. a sudden, strong increase or burst: a surge of energy; surges of emotion. Military. a significant increase in the number of troops deployed to an area. the rolling swell of the sea. the swelling and rolling sea: The surge crashed against the rocky coast. a swelling wave; billow. Meteorology. - a widespread change in atmospheric pressure that is in addition to cyclonic and normal diurnal changes.
- storm surge.
Electricity. - a sudden rush or burst of current or voltage.
- a violent oscillatory disturbance.
Nautical. a slackening or slipping back, as of a rope or cable. Machinery. - an uneven flow and strong momentum given to a fluid, as water in a tank, resulting in a rapid, temporary rise in pressure.
- pulsating unevenness of motion in an engine or gas turbine.
verb (used without object), surged, surg·ing.(of a ship) to rise and fall, toss about, or move along on the waves: to surge at anchor. to rise, roll, move, or swell forward in or like waves: The sea surged against the shore. The crowd surged back and forth. to rise as if by a heaving or swelling force: Blood surged to his face. Electricity. - to increase suddenly, as current or voltage.
- to oscillate violently.
Nautical. - to slack off or loosen a rope or cable around a capstan or windlass.
- to slip back, as a rope.
Machinery. to move with pulsating unevenness, as something driven by an engine or gas turbine. verb (used with object), surged, surg·ing.to cause to surge or roll in or as in waves. Nautical. to slacken (a rope). Origin of surge1480–90; perhaps <Latin surgere to spring up, arise, stand up OTHER WORDS FROM surgeun·surg·ing, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH surgeserge, surge Words nearby surgesurf scoter, surf smelt, surfy, surf zone, surg., surge, surge chamber, surgeon, surgeoncy, surgeonfish, surgeon general Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for surgeThe U.S. launched campaigns in the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah and a surge campaign in Baghdad. Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST “People are generally diplomatic,” says Steinbrick of regulars dealing with the surge of new faces. How to Survive the New Year ‘Gympocalypse’|Tim Teeman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST Uber responded to the PR nightmare by reversing the surge, refunding those affected, and doling out free rides. In Defense of Uber’s Awful Sydney Surge Pricing|Olivia Nuzzi|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST As more states move to pass legalization legislation, their role in the narrative will likely surge. Women Are Leading the Way for Legalized Weed|Abby Haglage|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ergo, DAPA will cause another surge—and that future surge will likewise prove burdensome to Texas. The New Texas Governor’s Cynical Immigration Threat|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST One glance into those coldly watchful eyes was sufficient to subdue any surge of compassion. Men in War|Andreas Latzko Whence came all the faiths but from that inexplicable feeling of the heart, that surge and swell arising we know not whence? The Hearts of Men|H. Fielding At this a kind of madness began to surge up in Jan Laurvik's overtaxed brain. The Haunters of the Silences|Charles G. D. Roberts The Lhari ships hit 12 gravities in the first surge of acceleration. The Colors of Space|Marion Zimmer Bradley This, he thought with a surge of hope, was going to work out after all. The Best Made Plans|Everett B. Cole
British Dictionary definitions for surge
nouna strong rush or sweep; sudden increasea surge of anger the rolling swell of the sea, esp after the passage of a large wave a heavy rolling motion or soundthe surge of the trumpets an undulating rolling surface, as of hills a billowing cloud or volume nautical a temporary release or slackening of a rope or cable a large momentary increase in the voltage or current in an electric circuit an upward instability or unevenness in the power output of an engine astronomy a short-lived disturbance, occurring during the eruption of a solar flare verb(intr) (of waves, the sea, etc) to rise or roll with a heavy swelling motion (intr) to move like a heavy sea nautical to slacken or temporarily release (a rope or cable) from a capstan or (of a rope, etc) to be slackened or released and slip back (intr) (of an electric current or voltage) to undergo a large momentary increase (tr) rare to cause to move in or as if in a wave or waves Derived forms of surgesurgeless, adjectivesurger, nounWord Origin for surgeC15: from Latin surgere to rise, from sub- up + regere to lead Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to surgedeluge, flow, swell, rise, upsurge, wave, outpouring, flood, growth, stream, climb, grow, surf, efflux, gush, billow, breaker, roll, intensification, sluice Scientific definitions for surge
A coastal rise in water level caused by wind. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |