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单词 billow
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billow

​noun countable
UK /ˈbɪləʊ/
Other entries for this word
billow verb
Word Forms
singularbillow
pluralbillows
DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    a moving cloud of something such as smoke or steam
    billow of:

    billows of grey smoke from the exhaust pipe

    Synonyms and related words
    Moisture in the air, clouds and cloudy weather
    bank
    billow
    cirrocumulus
    Synonyms and related words
    Words for amounts of specific substances
    billow
    block
    cloud
  2. 2
    ​literarya large wave in the sea
    Synonyms and related words
    Tides and waves
    backwash
    billow
    breaker

billow

​noun countable
US /ˈbɪloʊ/
Other entries for this word
billow verb
Word Forms
singularbillow
pluralbillows
DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    a moving cloud of something such as smoke or steam
    billow of:

    billows of gray smoke from the exhaust pipe

    Synonyms and related words
    Moisture in the air, clouds and cloudy weather
    bank
    billow
    cirrocumulus
    Synonyms and related words
    Words for amounts of specific substances
    billow
    block
    cloud
  2. 2
    ​literarya large wave in the ocean
    Synonyms and related words
    Tides and waves
    backwash
    billow
    breaker

billow

​verb intransitive
UK /ˈbɪləʊ/
Other entries for this word
billow noun
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theybillow
he/she/itbillows
present participlebillowing
past tensebillowed
past participlebillowed
DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    to be filled with air and swell out like a sail

    The sheets billowed on the clothes line.

    billow out:

    His cloak billowed out behind him.

    Synonyms and related words
    To become larger
    grow
    expand
    swell
  2. 2
    if smoke or steam billows, it rises or moves in clouds

    Smoke was billowing from the campfire.

    Synonyms and related words
    To send something out into the air or environment
    give off
    send out
    emit

billow

​verb intransitive
US /ˈbɪloʊ/
Other entries for this word
billow noun
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/theybillow
he/she/itbillows
present participlebillowing
past tensebillowed
past participlebillowed
DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    to be filled with air and swell out like a sail

    The sheets billowed on the clothes line.

    billow out:

    His cloak billowed out behind him.

    Synonyms and related words
    To become larger
    grow
    expand
    swell
  2. 2
    if smoke or steam billows, it rises or moves in clouds

    Smoke was billowing from the campfire.

    Synonyms and related words
    To send something out into the air or environment
    give off
    send out
    emit
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