billowing

Adjective
Synonyms: billowybillowing(a)surging

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. characterized by great swelling waves or surges“billowy storm clouds”“the restless billowing sea”“surging waves”Synonyms: billowybillowing(a)surging
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Billow \Bil"low\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Billowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Billowing.] To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate. "The billowing snow." --Prior. [1913 Webster]
billowing \billowing\ adj. [p. pr. & vb. n. of billow, verb]

1.rising in billows. billowing smoke [WordNet 1.5]

2.stormy; affected by storms; -- of weather, used prenominally. calm

Syn: billowy, surging. [WordNet 1.5]

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