Billow
Definitions
Equivalents
Examples
“[…] Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll, / From the world's girdle to the frozen pole;”
“The snow⟳ fell hissing in the brine, / And the billows frothed like⟳ yeast.”
“But at that moment he is sprung upon by a panther billow leaping over the bulwarks. Wave⟳ after wave⟳ thus leaps into the ship […]”
“The banners outflame the blazing morn, / O'er billows of bayonet, sword, and spear.”
“And the brooklet has found the billow / Though they flowed so far apart.”
“1893 August, Rudyard Kipling, "Seal Lullaby", in "The White Seal", National Review⟳. Where billow meets billow, there soft be thy pillow; / Ah, weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease!”
“Have⟳ the swirling sands engulfed them, on a noon of storm when the desert rose like⟳ the sea, and rolled its tawny billows on the walled gardens of the green and fragrant lands?”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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