billowing

bil·low

B0252300 (bĭl′ō)n.1. A large wave or swell of water.2. A great swell, surge, or undulating mass, as of smoke or sound.v. bil·lowed, bil·low·ing, bil·lows v.intr.1. To surge or roll in billows.2. To swell out or bulge: sheets billowing in the breeze.v.tr. To cause to billow: wind that billowed the sails.

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[From Old Norse bylgja, a wave; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.]

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bil′low·i·ness n.bil′low·y adj.

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Adj.

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billowing - characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves"billowy, surgingstormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"

billowing

adjective roll, rise, rush, swell, swirl, gush, heave the billowing dust