Sekirov Dictionary

billow

UK /ˈbɪl.əʊ/US /ˈbɪl.oʊ/

verb 2
noun 1
forms 4

verb2

•
To surge or roll in billows.
- The nuns' veils billowed and flapped behind the snaky line of girls as if the sisters were shooing the serpent from the Garden of Eden. — 1942
•
To swell out or bulge.
- She had changed her auburn hair. Instead of wearing it in a billowing puff over her brow, she had gathered it into a ponytail, secured with a length of yellow yarn. — 1983

noun1

•
A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound.
- The snow fell hissing in the brine, / And the billows frothed like yeast. — 1842

forms

billowed · billowing · billoweth · billows

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