Meaning of Billow | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A large wave, swell, surge, or undulating mass of something, such as water, smoke, fabric or sound
2. A surname.

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?”

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