BILLOWING
Dictionary entry overview: What does billowing mean? • BILLOWING (adjective)
The adjective BILLOWING has 2 senses:
1. moving in surges and billows and rolls
2. characterized by great swelling waves or surges
Familiarity information: BILLOWING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BILLOWING (adjective)
Meaning:
Moving in surges and billows and rolls
Synonyms:
billowing; tumbling; rolling
Context examples:
billowing smoke from burning houses / the rolling fog / the rolling sea / the tumbling water of the rapids
Similar:
moving (in motion)
Meaning:
Characterized by great swelling waves or surges
Synonyms:
billowy; surging; billowing
Context examples:
billowy storm clouds / the restless billowing sea / surging waves
Similar:
stormy ((especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion)
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