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1. Characterized by great swelling waves or surges
   "surging waves";
   - billowy, billowing

1. Rise and move, as in waves or billows
   "The army surged forward";
   - billow, heave
    
2. Rise rapidly
   "the dollar surged against the yen";
   - soar, soar up, soar upwards, zoom
    
3. Rise or move forward
   "surging waves";
   - tide
    
4. Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave
   "the boats surged";
   - scend [archaic]
    
5. (sport) see one's performance improve
   "He levelled the score and then surged ahead"

See also: procellous [archaic], stormy

Type of: ameliorate, arise, better, blow up, come up, course, feed, flow, go up, improve, inflate, lift, meliorate, move up, rise, run, uprise

Encyclopedia: Surge