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billow
Overview of noun billow
The noun billow has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. billow, surge -- (a large sea wave)
Overview of verb billow
The verb billow has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) billow, wallow -- (rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky")
2. billow -- (move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed")
3. billow, surge, heave -- (rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward")
4. balloon, inflate, billow -- (become inflated; "The sails ballooned")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun billow
1 sense of billow
Sense 1
billow, surge
=> wave, moving ridge
=> movement, motion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun billow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun billow
1 sense of billow
Sense 1
billow, surge
=> wave, moving ridge
Antonyms of noun billow
Member Holonyms of noun billow
Substance Holonyms of noun billow
Part Holonyms of noun billow
Member Meronyms of noun billow
Substance Meronyms of noun billow
Part Meronyms of noun billow
Meronyms of noun billow
Holonyms of noun billow
Attributes of noun billow
Derived Forms of noun billow
1 sense of billow
Sense 1
billow, surge
RELATED TO>(adj) billowy#1
=> billowy, billowing(prenominal), surging
RELATED TO>(verb) billow#3
=> billow, surge, heave
Domain of noun billow
Domain Terms of noun billow
Familiarity of noun billow
billow used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun billow
1 sense of billow
Sense 1
billow, surge
> wave, moving ridge
=> surf, breaker, breakers
=> wake, backwash
=> swash
=> ripple, rippling, riffle, wavelet
=> swell, crestless wave
=> lift, rise
=> billow, surge
=> tidal wave
=> tidal wave
=> tsunami
=> roller, roll, rolling wave
=> whitecap, white horse
Meronyms of noun billow
1 sense of billow
Holonyms of noun billow
Grep of noun billow
billow
Antonyms of verb billow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb billow
4 senses of billow
Sense 1
billow, wallow
=> soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
billow
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 3
billow, surge, heave
=> inflate, blow up
=> expand
=> enlarge
=> increase
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
balloon, inflate, billow
=> expand
=> grow
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb billow
2 of 4 senses of billow
Sense 1
billow, wallow
=> cloud
Sense 4
balloon, inflate, billow
=> reflate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb billow
4 senses of billow
Sense 1
billow, wallow
=> soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom
Sense 2
billow
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 3
billow, surge, heave
=> inflate, blow up
Sense 4
balloon, inflate, billow
=> expand
'Cause To' of verb billow
Derived Forms of verb billow
1 of 4 senses of billow
Sense 3
billow, surge, heave
RELATED TO>(noun) billow#1
=> billow, surge
Domain of verb billow
Domain Terms of verb billow
Familiarity of verb billow
billow used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb billow
4 senses of billow
Sense 1
billow, wallow
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 2
billow
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
billow, surge, heave
*> Something ----s
Sense 4
balloon, inflate, billow
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb billow
4 senses of billow
Sense 1
billow, wallow
> soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom
=> billow, wallow
Sense 2
billow
> travel, go, move, locomote
=> go around, spread, circulate
=> carry
=> ease
=> whish
=> float
=> swap
=> seek
=> whine
=> fly
=> ride
=> come
=> ghost
=> betake oneself
=> pass over, overfly
=> travel
=> wend
=> do
=> raft
=> get around, get about
=> repair, resort
=> cruise
=> travel, journey
=> come, come up
=> round
=> trundle
=> push
=> travel purposefully
=> swing
=> roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond
=> walk, take the air
=> weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
=> forge, spurt, spirt
=> crawl, creep
=> scramble
=> slither, slide
=> wheel, roll
=> glide
=> bounce, jounce
=> breeze
=> float, drift, be adrift, blow
=> play
=> float, swim
=> walk
=> turn, move around
=> circle
=> slice into, slice through
=> stray, err, drift
=> run
=> step
=> drive, motor
=> automobile
=> ski
=> fly, wing
=> steamer, steam
=> tram
=> taxi
=> ferry
=> caravan
=> ride, sit
=> prance
=> swim
=> rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
=> ascend, go up
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> fall
=> zigzag, crank
=> follow, travel along
=> advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
=> withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back
=> retrograde
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> back
=> pan
=> follow
=> precede, lead
=> pursue, follow
=> return, go back, get back, come back
=> derail, jump
=> flock
=> accompany
=> billow
=> circulate
=> circle, circulate
=> angle
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass
=> travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip
=> speed
=> zoom
=> drive
=> rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
=> trail, shack
=> shuttle
=> hiss, whoosh
=> whisk
=> career
=> circuit
=> lance
=> outflank, go around
=> propagate
=> draw
=> transfer, change
=> swash
=> pace
=> step, tread
=> step
=> hurtle
=> retreat
=> whistle
=> island hop
=> plow, plough
=> lurch
=> sift
=> fall
=> drag
=> run
=> bang
=> precess
=> travel, move around
=> ride
=> snowshoe
=> beetle
Sense 3
billow, surge, heave
> inflate, blow up
=> reflate
=> billow, surge, heave
Sense 4
balloon, inflate, billow
> expand
=> balloon, inflate, billow
=> swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb billow
Sense 1
billow, wallow
=> soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom
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Sense 2
billow
=> travel, go, move, locomote
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Sense 3
billow, surge, heave
=> inflate, blow up
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Sense 4
balloon, inflate, billow
=> expand
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Grep of verb billow
billow
Grep of adj billow
billowing
billowy
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