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1. Rise up as if in waves
   "smoke billowed up into the sky"
   - wallow
    
2. Move with great difficulty
   "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"
    
3. Rise and move, as in waves or billows
   "The army billowed forward"
   - surge, heave
    
4. Become inflated
   "The sails billowed"
   - balloon, inflate

1. A large sea wave
   - surge

Derived forms: billowed, billowing, billows

See also: billowy

Type of: blow up, expand, go, inflate, locomote, move, moving ridge, soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, travel, wave, zoom

Encyclopedia: Billow