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- Dictionarybillow/ˈbɪləʊ/
noun
- 1. a large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam. Similar
verb
- 1. (of fabric) fill with air and swell outwards: "her dress billowed out around her" Similar
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a large, moving mass of something, such as smoke or cloud, that spreads over a large area: billows of smoke.
The meaning of BILLOW is wave; especially : a great wave or surge of water. How to use billow in a sentence.
noun. 1. a large wave; great swell of water. 2. any large swelling mass or surge, as of smoke, sound, etc. verb intransitive. 3. to surge, swell, or rise like or in a billow. verb transitive.
n. 1. A large wave or swell of water. 2. A great swell, surge, or undulating mass, as of smoke or sound. v. bil·lowed, bil·low·ing, bil·lows. v.intr. 1. To surge or roll in billows. 2. To swell out or bulge: sheets billowing in the breeze. v.tr. To cause to billow: wind that billowed the sails.
noun. a large sea wave. a swelling or surging mass, as of smoke or sound. a large atmospheric wave, usually in the lee of a hill. poetic. plural the sea itself.
Something billows when there's a fluid or blowing motion, such as the air filling a curtain at an open window, or smoke billowing from a fire. This word originally meant a wave, and that image should help you remember its current meaning too.
a large, moving mass of something, such as smoke or cloud, that spreads over a large area: billows of smoke.
A great swelling wave of the sea, produced generally by a high wind; but often used as merely = Wave, and hence poetically for ‘the sea’. 1552. Bellowe or waue of water. R. Huloet, Abcedarium Anglico Latinum. 1573. His barke with many a billowe beaten.
Jun 2, 2024 · billow (plural billows) A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound.
Definition of billow verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
