| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Billow.[Websters]
2. To be corrugated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have surged or surfed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be brined. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have heaved, rolled or ascended. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be combered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have expanded or heightened. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have gyrated, churned or stirred. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have turned, haunted or slewed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have curled, frizzed or whirled.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb billow.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (billow) | 1. Rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky".[Wordnet]. 2. Move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed".[Wordnet]. 3. Rise and move, as in waves or billows.[Wordnet]. 4. Become inflated.[Wordnet]. 5. To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: billowing, billowed, billows, billower, billowers, billowingly and billowedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BILLOWED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1864. (references) |
Specialty Definition: billow
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Administration | A large wave or swell of water. (references) | ||
| Food & Agriculture | A wave whose front becomes so steep that the wave crest tumbles over in the direction of travel, producing turbulent water and foam. They represent a particular hazard to small vessels. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
