| VERB | motion | billow, wallow | rise up as if in waves |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | billow | move with great difficulty | |
| motion | billow, surge, heave | rise and move, as in waves or billows | |
| change | billow, balloon, inflate | become inflated | |
| NOUN | event | billow, surge | a large sea wave |
| Sounds | bih'low | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | afterglow ... yellow: 77 rhymes with low... | |
| Meaning | A large sea wave. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | surge | |
| Broader | wave, moving ridge | One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid / liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
| Spanish | ola, oleada | |
| Catalan | onada | |
| Adjectives | billowy | characterized by great swelling waves or surges |
| Verbs | billow | rise and move, as in waves or billows |
| Meaning | Rise up as if in waves. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "smoke billowed up into the sky" | |
| Synonym | wallow | |
| Narrower | cloud | billow up in the form of a cloud |
| Broader | soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom | Rise rapidly |
| Spanish | ondular | |
| Catalan | ondar, ondular | |
| Meaning | Move with great difficulty. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed" | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Meaning | Rise and move, as in waves or billows. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | surge, heave | |
| Broader | inflate, blow up | Fill with gas or air |
| Spanish | olear, ondular | |
| Catalan | ondular, onejar | |
| Nouns | billow | a large sea wave |
| Meaning | Become inflated. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | balloon, inflate | |
| Narrower | reflate | Become inflated again |
| Broader | expand | Become larger / larger in size or volume or quantity |
| Spanish | hincharse, hinchar, inflar | |
| Catalan | inflar-se, inflar | |
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