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billow

 
Noun billow has 1 sense
  1. billow, surge - a large sea wave
    --1 is a kind of wave, moving ridge
    Derived form: verb billow3
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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