billow
bi
ˈbÉĒ
bi
llow
loƊ
low
/bˈÉĒlə‍ʊ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "billow"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž, āĻĸ⧇āω āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāύ⧋

to expand in a blowing or puffing motion as if by the action of wind or some force within
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the burning building.
āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ­āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻŽāύāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āϧ⧋āρāϝāĻŧāĻž āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϏāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to swell out by internal pressure, as with air or gas
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The life jacket billowed up as the sailor pulled the inflation cord.
āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻœā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇āϟ āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āχāύāĻĢā§āϞ⧇āĻļāύ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āϟāĻžāύāϞāĨ¤
03

āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāϞ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž

to rise, roll, or surge like large ocean waves
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Mist billowed over the mountains in the early morning.
āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϕ⧁āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻļāĻž āωāĻĨāĻžāϞāĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻ›āϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move or push forward with great difficulty, often in a mass
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Refugees billowed into the border town.
āĻļāϰāĻŖāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āϰāĻž āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āωāĻ›āϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĸ⧇āω, āϤāϰāĻ™ā§āĻ—

a large rolling wave, especially at sea
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Storms sent huge billows crashing onto the shore.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤ⧀āϰ⧇ āφāĻ›āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ āϤāϰāĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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