Antonyms for billow

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : bil-oh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪl oʊ

Definition of billow

Origin : 1550s, perhaps older in dialectal use, from Old Norse bylgja "a wave, a billow," from Proto-Germanic *bulgjan (cf. Middle High German bulge "billow, bag"), from PIE *bhelgh- "to swell" (see belly (n.)).

noun surging mass
verb surge

Example sentences :

They are in circumstances in which the ripple passes into the wavelet, and the wavelet into the billow.
Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller

It flared briefly and let out with a billow of thick red smoke.
Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith

Oh, the wreck is on the billow; hasten with the means of safety.
Extract from : « The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern » by Knowles King

The billow and the wind And the still waters will sweep us away Mercilessly!
Extract from : « Life Immovable » by Kostes Palamas

The interior of the house was a billow of red, white, and blue.
Extract from : « The Clansman » by Thomas Dixon

There was a gentle flash of quick light that was smothered by a billow of smoke.
Extract from : « History Repeats » by George Oliver Smith

Already the distant roar of the billow was heard, proving that it had begun to break.
Extract from : « Blown to Bits » by R.M. Ballantyne

Now she was hid from sight in the trough of the sea, now she rose to the summit of a billow.
Extract from : « Paddy Finn » by W. H. G. Kingston

Then there was a bound, as if the boat had been shot from a catapult, and the billow fell.
Extract from : « The Island Queen » by R.M. Ballantyne

Here he was launched on the shingle by a billow, and washed high up on the beach.
Extract from : « The Lifeboat » by R.M. Ballantyne

Synonyms for billow

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