亚洲网紅露点

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billow

[ bil-oh ]

noun

  1. a great wave or surge of the sea.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. any surging mass:

    billows of smoke.



verb (used without object)

  1. to rise or roll in or like billows; surge.
  2. to swell out, puff up, etc., as by the action of wind:

    flags billowing in the breeze.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make rise, surge, swell, or the like:

    A sudden wind billowed the tent alarmingly.

billow

/ 藞产瑟濒蓹蕣 /

noun

  1. a large sea wave
  2. a swelling or surging mass, as of smoke or sound
  3. a large atmospheric wave, usually in the lee of a hill
  4. poetic.
    plural the sea itself
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to rise up, swell out, or cause to rise up or swell out
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞产颈濒濒辞飞颈苍驳, adjectivenoun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 耻苍顎卍别谤路产颈濒顎僱辞飞 verb (used without object)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of billow1

First recorded in 1545鈥55; from Old Norse bylgja 鈥渨ave,鈥 cognate with Middle Low German bulge; akin to Old English gebylgan 鈥渢o anger, provoke鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of billow1

C16: from Old Norse bylgja ; related to Swedish 产艒濒箩补 , Danish 产枚濒驳 , Middle High German bulge ; see bellow , belly
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Live footage streamed by Reuters showed a giant plume of smoke billowing from the targeted building an hour after the Israeli army issued an evacuation order to residents of the Hadath neighbourhood.

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A major fire is still raging at the site and pictures show huge, billowing black clouds over the wharfs.

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Al-Natour spoke to us from the shattered remains of his city, the flimsy canvas side of the tent which now forms part of his house billowing behind him.

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An enormous cloud of gulls billowed and swooped around the charred waste.

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Videos shared on social media showed tall flames and plumes of smoke billowing from the substation overnight.

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