Definition & Meaning of "billow"

to billow

to expand in a blowing or puffing motion as if by the action of wind or some force within

to swell out by internal pressure, as with air or gas

rise and move, as in waves or billows

move with great difficulty

Billow

a large sea wave

Example

The surfer watched the huge waves billow up ahead of him.

Black smoke billowed from the chimney of the burning building.

Listening to the howling wind, I could see the tan cotton curtains billowing wildly in the open window.

The chef carefully billowed the dough into a large bubbly sphere to proof.

Her full skirt billowed around her as she spun in circles.

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