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Definition of billow in English: billownoun ˈbɪləʊˈbɪloʊ 1A large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam. Example sentencesExamples - I could see planes going down and huge billows of smoke rising from the ground, and in the air, too.
- Fires about 60 miles east generated billows of dark smoke that hovered over the racetrack on Friday morning, filtering the light of dawn in a way that made the sun appear as an eerie pink orb.
- As the sky darkened, eight immense lighting towers lit the rolling, dissolving billows of smoke that issued from a giant single mask built into the architectural tiers of the vast set.
- But it will burn, and that is what our fuel truck did, stubbornly and with thick billows of oily black smoke that would have prevented us from smothering the blaze with sand even if we had not been too tired to lift our shovels.
- Large billows of smoke were rising from the platform.
- But when the smoke billows, politicians have to answer to a panicked public, and they often seize the opportunity to push a different agenda.
- When she reaches the end of the stage, billows of smoke emit from the dragons' mouths, and the audience oohs and aahs.
- Allow the billows of thick blue smoke to permeate your atmosphere.
- Next door is on fire. Poking my head out of the window, I discover great billows of smoke pouring from the old house next door to my building.
- I've never seen such huge billows of smoke before.
- The island looked disastrous, with billows of smoke rising to the skies, the houses on fire.
- Your hood's smoking’ and indeed large billows of dark smoke were coming out of the little red sedan.
- When we got out on the street we saw a billow of white smoke and the sound was deafening.
- Only billows of black smoke from the sunken Arizona.
- As I turn around, the cheering cries of the people are almost as deafening as the explosion blows the homemade rocket into the clouds amidst billows of white smoke.
- She felt rejuvenated by the water as it washed over her and breathed deep the billows of steam clouding the air like an impregnable fog.
- Three separate billows of smoke rose into the sky in three separate hollows in the forest below.
- Her breath formed in front of her, in billows of clouds.
- Flying in across a track of pearl and gold laid by the setting sun across the Atlantic, I watched the island shape itself as a dark mass hardening from a billow of pink sea-level clouds.
- She said: ‘I went out to the back of the shop to get some stock and saw a billow of black smoke come from under the door.’
- 1.1archaic A large sea wave.
Example sentencesExamples - The boat swept round with its bow to the east just in time to meet a billow, which, towering high above its fellows, burst completely over the rocks, and appeared to be about to sweep away all before it.
- All the waves and billows of that wrath passed over Him.
- They fought the billows and the waves; their brave hearts failed them not.
- For thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all they waves and they billows passed over me.
- This last astonished me much, for I recollected that at home the sea used to fall in huge billows on the shore long after a storm had subsided.
verbˈbɪləʊˈbɪloʊ 1no object, with adverbial of direction (of fabric) fill with air and swell outwards. her dress billowed out around her Example sentencesExamples - Her red cloak billowed out from behind as she spun.
- It was mid-calf, creamy white and strapless, the kind that billowed out around my knees if I twirled around fast enough.
- The hills were cool, and a breeze kept his shirt billowed out.
- The sails above them billowed out, flapping in the sudden wind.
- The fine white material of his sleeves billowed out from beneath it his vest, the cloth stained with dirt, sweat, and smears he didn't want to think about.
- White lace curtains billowed out from the tall windows, and I felt I should take my shoes off so as not to stain the white carpet.
- However, it only resulted in the bed linen billowing up and temporarily obscuring his butler from his sleep-blurred sight.
- Adam's cloak billowed out behind him as he walked.
- Cyzarine was wearing a long-sleeved white dress that went to the floor and it billowed out a bit and the fabric was extremely soft.
- She was sure, though, running at break neck speed, fabric billowing behind her, that something on the outside was now trying to break through.
- In a single motion, she had pulled the gown from her shoulders, sending the light fabric billowing onto the floor.
- As he stood up slowly from his throne, his straggly dark hair whipped back from his forehead in the now bitter wind, his cloak taking on the image of the wings of a bat as it flapped and billowed out behind him.
- At twenty thousand meters, with the pods still traveling at a high velocity, parachutes billowed out from the same boxes that had contained the glider wings.
- Skillfully, Annika hoisted herself up onto the moving wagon; her own pale, pastel colored skirt billowed out behind her like a cape.
- Besides, the skirt billowed out when I turned around.
- With one pair, the flared cuffs billowed out for about a foot.
- They awoke to the sound of the windows caving in - and believe they were only saved by the thick curtains, which billowed out by a yard.
- He swung her around, her white dress billowed out behind her, until they both ended up cuddling on the ground looking up at the sky.
- Pierce had not shifted his gaze from the Spanish ensign, but she suspected that he no longer saw the red and yellow fabric billowing in the breeze.
- It was lilac, strapless, had a short train, the top was form fitting, but the bottom billowed out slightly when I walked.
Synonyms puff up/out, balloon (out), swell, fill out, bulge out, belly out - 1.1 (of smoke, cloud, or steam) move or flow outward with an undulating motion.
smoke was billowing from the chimney Example sentencesExamples - Enormous clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky.
- Clouds of smoke billow out of the door when you enter the Botanica Papa Chango in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
- Thick clouds of black smoke billow out of each of the vehicles, sometimes coming from the exhaust pipe.
- After hours of watching the black smoke billow over the top of the mountain, we stood horrified as the flames made their appearance.
- A thick cloud of black smoke billowed from the top.
- In the mid-distance a cottage is burning, as smoke violently billows and fumes.
- Smoke billowed from it in clouds and mushrooms, fuming black whenever a supposed branch fell on it.
- Det Garda McHale told the hearing that flames and thick clouds of smoke were billowing from a back window.
- Everything shakes and smoke slowly billows its way from the building.
- Divson lit up a cigarette in his home, letting the purple smoke billow to the ceiling and permeate the drywall exterior.
- I didn't think I was tired quite yet, but as I watched the white smoke billow up in little threads above the fire, my eyelids grew heavy.
- A large cloud of black smoke billowed above their old den, and the ground shook from the force of heavy machinery at work.
- One firefighter was posted at the top of a ladder to monitor the situation as clouds of smoke billowed from the roof.
- A neighbour spotted clouds of smoke billowing from the hall and raised the alarm.
- As mortars aboard the ammunition truck exploded, they set a nearby fuel tanker truck ablaze, sending clouds of black smoke billowing into the sky.
- The guns leapt backwards with a rolling crash and an immense cloud of dirty smoke billowed back.
- By evening, huge clouds of smoke still billowed from the ruins.
- I was headed out at about 10: 30 AM and as I turned on to Long Lane, I noticed a large cloud of smoke billowing into the sky.
- I could almost see the smoke billow from her ears.
- And, of course, frequent barbecues with clouds of greasy smoke billowing over our fence.
Synonyms pour, flow swirl, spiral, roll, undulate, rise and fall, eddy rolling, swirling, undulating, rising and falling, billowy, swelling, rippling rare undulant
Derivatives adjective ˈbɪləʊiˈbɪloʊi No other land is in sight, only an ocean without end and its own billowy breath rising as cumulus clouds that seem far more substantive than the tiny landforms below. Example sentencesExamples - There's a great sense of fantasy about billowy clothes.
- All very well to feel nourished in the billowy comfort of my nightie; huffing myself into work clothes this morning took almost an hour longer than expected!
- According to the show's host, big and billowy are this year's watchwords for bridal wear, and green could be this year's hot colour - despite old myths about the colour's potential to influence a marriage in the wrong way.
- Endless stretches of water, gleaming rivers and gliding boats framed within the vibrant shades of green paddy fields and blue skies dotted with billowy white clouds.
Origin Mid 16th century: from Old Norse bylgja. Rhymes armadillo, cigarillo, Murillo, Negrillo, peccadillo, pillow, tamarillo, Utrillo, willow Definition of billow in US English: billownounˈbilōˈbɪloʊ 1A large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam. Example sentencesExamples - Your hood's smoking’ and indeed large billows of dark smoke were coming out of the little red sedan.
- Large billows of smoke were rising from the platform.
- Flying in across a track of pearl and gold laid by the setting sun across the Atlantic, I watched the island shape itself as a dark mass hardening from a billow of pink sea-level clouds.
- Three separate billows of smoke rose into the sky in three separate hollows in the forest below.
- Allow the billows of thick blue smoke to permeate your atmosphere.
- Next door is on fire. Poking my head out of the window, I discover great billows of smoke pouring from the old house next door to my building.
- She felt rejuvenated by the water as it washed over her and breathed deep the billows of steam clouding the air like an impregnable fog.
- But when the smoke billows, politicians have to answer to a panicked public, and they often seize the opportunity to push a different agenda.
- Fires about 60 miles east generated billows of dark smoke that hovered over the racetrack on Friday morning, filtering the light of dawn in a way that made the sun appear as an eerie pink orb.
- The island looked disastrous, with billows of smoke rising to the skies, the houses on fire.
- Only billows of black smoke from the sunken Arizona.
- I could see planes going down and huge billows of smoke rising from the ground, and in the air, too.
- She said: ‘I went out to the back of the shop to get some stock and saw a billow of black smoke come from under the door.’
- I've never seen such huge billows of smoke before.
- As I turn around, the cheering cries of the people are almost as deafening as the explosion blows the homemade rocket into the clouds amidst billows of white smoke.
- When she reaches the end of the stage, billows of smoke emit from the dragons' mouths, and the audience oohs and aahs.
- Her breath formed in front of her, in billows of clouds.
- When we got out on the street we saw a billow of white smoke and the sound was deafening.
- But it will burn, and that is what our fuel truck did, stubbornly and with thick billows of oily black smoke that would have prevented us from smothering the blaze with sand even if we had not been too tired to lift our shovels.
- As the sky darkened, eight immense lighting towers lit the rolling, dissolving billows of smoke that issued from a giant single mask built into the architectural tiers of the vast set.
- 1.1archaic A large sea wave.
Example sentencesExamples - The boat swept round with its bow to the east just in time to meet a billow, which, towering high above its fellows, burst completely over the rocks, and appeared to be about to sweep away all before it.
- They fought the billows and the waves; their brave hearts failed them not.
- For thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all they waves and they billows passed over me.
- All the waves and billows of that wrath passed over Him.
- This last astonished me much, for I recollected that at home the sea used to fall in huge billows on the shore long after a storm had subsided.
verbˈbilōˈbɪloʊ 1no object, with adverbial of direction (of fabric) fill with air and swell outward. her dress billowed out around her Example sentencesExamples - Skillfully, Annika hoisted herself up onto the moving wagon; her own pale, pastel colored skirt billowed out behind her like a cape.
- It was lilac, strapless, had a short train, the top was form fitting, but the bottom billowed out slightly when I walked.
- The hills were cool, and a breeze kept his shirt billowed out.
- However, it only resulted in the bed linen billowing up and temporarily obscuring his butler from his sleep-blurred sight.
- Pierce had not shifted his gaze from the Spanish ensign, but she suspected that he no longer saw the red and yellow fabric billowing in the breeze.
- Her red cloak billowed out from behind as she spun.
- The fine white material of his sleeves billowed out from beneath it his vest, the cloth stained with dirt, sweat, and smears he didn't want to think about.
- He swung her around, her white dress billowed out behind her, until they both ended up cuddling on the ground looking up at the sky.
- She was sure, though, running at break neck speed, fabric billowing behind her, that something on the outside was now trying to break through.
- With one pair, the flared cuffs billowed out for about a foot.
- They awoke to the sound of the windows caving in - and believe they were only saved by the thick curtains, which billowed out by a yard.
- Besides, the skirt billowed out when I turned around.
- At twenty thousand meters, with the pods still traveling at a high velocity, parachutes billowed out from the same boxes that had contained the glider wings.
- As he stood up slowly from his throne, his straggly dark hair whipped back from his forehead in the now bitter wind, his cloak taking on the image of the wings of a bat as it flapped and billowed out behind him.
- In a single motion, she had pulled the gown from her shoulders, sending the light fabric billowing onto the floor.
- Cyzarine was wearing a long-sleeved white dress that went to the floor and it billowed out a bit and the fabric was extremely soft.
- It was mid-calf, creamy white and strapless, the kind that billowed out around my knees if I twirled around fast enough.
- Adam's cloak billowed out behind him as he walked.
- White lace curtains billowed out from the tall windows, and I felt I should take my shoes off so as not to stain the white carpet.
- The sails above them billowed out, flapping in the sudden wind.
Synonyms puff out, puff up, balloon, balloon out, swell, fill out, bulge out, belly out - 1.1 (of smoke, cloud, or steam) move or flow outward with an undulating motion.
smoke was billowing from the chimney Example sentencesExamples - As mortars aboard the ammunition truck exploded, they set a nearby fuel tanker truck ablaze, sending clouds of black smoke billowing into the sky.
- I didn't think I was tired quite yet, but as I watched the white smoke billow up in little threads above the fire, my eyelids grew heavy.
- Everything shakes and smoke slowly billows its way from the building.
- One firefighter was posted at the top of a ladder to monitor the situation as clouds of smoke billowed from the roof.
- And, of course, frequent barbecues with clouds of greasy smoke billowing over our fence.
- The guns leapt backwards with a rolling crash and an immense cloud of dirty smoke billowed back.
- In the mid-distance a cottage is burning, as smoke violently billows and fumes.
- I was headed out at about 10: 30 AM and as I turned on to Long Lane, I noticed a large cloud of smoke billowing into the sky.
- Smoke billowed from it in clouds and mushrooms, fuming black whenever a supposed branch fell on it.
- A neighbour spotted clouds of smoke billowing from the hall and raised the alarm.
- Clouds of smoke billow out of the door when you enter the Botanica Papa Chango in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
- Det Garda McHale told the hearing that flames and thick clouds of smoke were billowing from a back window.
- A large cloud of black smoke billowed above their old den, and the ground shook from the force of heavy machinery at work.
- A thick cloud of black smoke billowed from the top.
- Thick clouds of black smoke billow out of each of the vehicles, sometimes coming from the exhaust pipe.
- I could almost see the smoke billow from her ears.
- Divson lit up a cigarette in his home, letting the purple smoke billow to the ceiling and permeate the drywall exterior.
- By evening, huge clouds of smoke still billowed from the ruins.
- After hours of watching the black smoke billow over the top of the mountain, we stood horrified as the flames made their appearance.
- Enormous clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky.
Synonyms pour, flow rolling, swirling, undulating, rising and falling, billowy, swelling, rippling
Origin Mid 16th century: from Old Norse bylgja. |