| slovo | definícia |
billow
(encz) | billow,stoupat v: např. dým Pino |
billow
(encz) | billow,valit se v: např. o kouři Pino |
billow
(encz) | billow,vzdouvat se v: Zdeněk Brož |
Billow
(gcide) | Billow \Bil"low\, n. [Cf. Icel. bylgja billow, Dan. b["o]lge,
Sw. b["o]lja; akin to MHG. bulge billow, bag, and to E.
bulge. See Bulge.]
1. A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused
usually by violent wind.
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Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll.
--Cowper.
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2. A great wave or flood of anything. --Milton.
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Billow
(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.
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billow
(wn) | billow
n 1: a large sea wave [syn: billow, surge]
v 1: rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky"
[syn: billow, wallow]
2: move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the
muddy riverbed"
3: rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged
forward" [syn: billow, surge, heave]
4: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: balloon,
inflate, billow] |
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billow front
(encz) | billow front,čelo průtokové vlny [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
billowing
(encz) | billowing,vlající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
billowy
(encz) | billowy,rozvlněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Billow
(gcide) | Billow \Bil"low\, n. [Cf. Icel. bylgja billow, Dan. b["o]lge,
Sw. b["o]lja; akin to MHG. bulge billow, bag, and to E.
bulge. See Bulge.]
1. A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused
usually by violent wind.
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Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll.
--Cowper.
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2. A great wave or flood of anything. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]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.
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Billowed
(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.
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Billowing
(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
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2. stormy; affected by storms; -- of weather, used
prenominally. calm
Syn: billowy, surging.
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billowing
(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
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2. stormy; affected by storms; -- of weather, used
prenominally. calm
Syn: billowy, surging.
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Billowy
(gcide) | Billowy \Bil"low*y\, a.
Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large
waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
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And whitening down the many-tinctured stream,
Descends the billowy foam. --Thomson.
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Embillow
(gcide) | Embillow \Em*bil"low\, v. i.
To swell or heave like a wave of the sea. [R.] --Lisle.
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billowing
(wn) | billowing
adj 1: characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy
storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging
waves" [syn: billowy, billowing(a), surging] |
billowy
(wn) | billowy
adj 1: characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy
storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging
waves" [syn: billowy, billowing(a), surging] |
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