Billow - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbɪləʊ|
Brit.
|ˈbɪləʊ|
noun
verb
- rise up as if in waves (syn: wallow)
- become inflated (syn: balloon, inflate)
smoke billowed up into the sky
- move with great difficultyThe soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed
- rise and move, as in waves or billows (syn: heave, surge)- become inflated (syn: balloon, inflate)
Extra examples
Billows of smoke poured out of the burning building.
...the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind...
The sails billowed out in the strong wind.
Her long skirt billowed in the breeze.
There was smoke billowing out of the windows.
The hosts of our pursuers paused, billow-like, reared, and scattered.
The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: billow
he/she/it: billows
present participle: billowing
past tense: billowed
past participle: billowed
I/you/we/they: billow
he/she/it: billows
present participle: billowing
past tense: billowed
past participle: billowed
noun
singular: billow
plural: billows
singular: billow
plural: billows
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