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- Dictionarybillowing/ˈbɪləʊɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of fabric) filled with air and swelling outwards: "a billowing skirt and shirt"
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to spread over a large area, or ( especially of things made of cloth) to become filled with air and appear to be larger: Smoke billowed (out) from the burning building. The sheets / shirts hanging on the line billowed in the breeze. We watched the boats with their billowing sails. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
noun. bil· low ˈbi- (ˌ)lō. Synonyms of billow. 1. : wave. especially : a great wave or surge of water. the rolling billows of the sea. 2. : a rolling mass (as of flame or smoke) that resembles a high wave. Billows of smoke poured out of the building. billows of fog. billowy. ˈbi-lə-wē. adjective. billow. 2 of 2. verb. billowed; billowing; billows.
n. 1. A large wave or swell of water. 2. A great swell, surge, or undulating mass, as of smoke or sound. v. bil·lowed, bil·low·ing, bil·lows. v.intr. 1. To surge or roll in billows. 2. To swell out or bulge: sheets billowing in the breeze. v.tr. To cause to billow: wind that billowed the sails.
a large, moving mass of something, such as smoke or cloud, that spreads over a large area: billows of smoke.
Definitions of billowing. adjective. characterized by great swelling waves or surges. “the restless billowing sea” synonyms: billowy, surging. stormy. (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Billowing."
a large wave; great swell of water. 2. any large swelling mass or surge, as of smoke, sound, etc. verb intransitive. 3. to surge, swell, or rise like or in a billow. verb transitive. 4. to make billow or surge.
Something billows when there's a fluid or blowing motion, such as the air filling a curtain at an open window, or smoke billowing from a fire.
