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billowing

 
Adjective billowing has 2 senses
  1. billowing, rolling, tumbling - moving in surges and billows and rolls; "billowing smoke from burning houses"; "the rolling fog"; "the rolling sea"; "the tumbling water of the rapids"
    Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
  2. billowy, billowing, surging - characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves"
    Antonym: calm (indirect, via stormy)
Verb billow has 4 senses
  1. billow, wallow - rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up nto the sky"
    --1 is one way to soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
  2. billow - move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"
    --2 is one way to
    travel, go, move, locomote
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. billow, surge, heave - rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"
    --3 is one way to inflate, blow up
    Derived form: noun billow1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  4. balloon, inflate, billow - become inflated; "The sails ballooned"
    --4 is one way to expand
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
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