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Billowy

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bil·low  (bl)
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.
[From Old Norse bylgja, a wave; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.]
billow·i·ness n.
billow·y adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.billowy - characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves"
billowing, surging
stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"


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They returned hand-in-hand, and the Bellman, unmanned(For a moment) with noble emotion, Said "This amply repays all the wearisome days We have spent on the billowy ocean
The Hunting of the Snark by Carroll, Lewis View in context
We were talking about what it is like to spend one's childhood in little towns like these, buried in wheat and corn, under stimulating extremes of climate: burning summers when the world lies green and billowy beneath a brilliant sky, when one is fairly stifled in vegetation, in the color and smell of strong weeds and heavy harvests; blustery winters with little snow, when the whole country is stripped bare and gray as sheet-iron.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
But, looking, I presently saw some- thing stirring within the shadow: greyish billowy movements, one above another, and then two luminous disks--like eyes.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
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