verb · intransitive · rare

billow

billow · billows · billowed · billowing

здійматися, майоріти, випинуватися

надуваться, выпячиваться, вздыматься

wogen, wabern, bauschen

To surge or roll in billowsTo surge or roll in billows.

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UK/ˈbɪl.əʊ/US/ˈbɪl.oʊ/

» Smoke was billowing from the engine.

Aus dem Motor quoll Dampf.

Из двигателя шёл дым.

Із двигуна йшов дим.

Meaning

2 senses

To surge or roll in billows.
wabern, wogen
вздыма́тьсяvzdymátʹsja
здійматисяzdijmatysja, майорі́тиmajoríty
rise and move, as in waves or billows
To swell out or bulge.
bauschen
надува́тьсяnaduvátʹsja, выпя́чиватьсяvypjáčivatʹsja
випи́нуватисяvypýnuvatysja, здійма́тисяzdijmátysja

Examples

14 sentences

Smoke was billowing from the engine.
Із двигуна йшов дим. — Ahha
ruИз двигателя шёл дым. — marafon
deAus dem Motor quoll Dampf. — Yorwba
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Smoke billowed from the engine.
Із двигуна йшов дим. — Ahha
deAus dem Motor quoll Dampf. — Yorwba
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Black smoke billowed from the chimney.
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Smoke was billowing from the windows.
ruИз окон валил дым. — Wezel
deRauch quoll aus den Fenstern. — Waldelfe
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Thick smoke billowed out of the windows.
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Translations

6 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

to surge in billows:

to swell or bulge:

Русский

By meaning 2

to surge in billows:

to swell or bulge:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to surge in billows:

to swell or bulge:

Origin

From Middle English *bilwe, borrowed from Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō.

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Forms

billows, billowing, billowed, billowed

Base form	billow · to billow
3rd person singular	billows
Present participle	billowing
Past simple	billowed
Past participle	billowed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	billow
he, she, it	billows

Past simpleLesson

all persons

billowed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have billowed
he, she, it	has billowed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will billow

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Close in meaning

rise and move, as in waves or billows:surge heave
rise up as if in waves:wallow
become inflated:balloon inflate

Word family

2 related words

Derivedbillowingly embillow

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle