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Filling (of sails)
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billowing
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Word definitions for billowing in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
billowing \billowing\ adj. [p. pr. & vb. n. of billow, verb] rising in billows. billowing smoke stormy; affected by storms; -- of weather, used prenominally. calm Syn: billowy, surging.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. moving in surges and billows and rolls; "billowing smoke from burning houses"; "the rolling fog"; "the rolling sea"; "the tumbling water of the rapids" [syn: rolling , tumbling ] characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of something that billows; a billow. vb. (present participle of billow English)
Usage examples of billowing.
The tarnsmen had approached from the dark quadrant, away from the moons, low, not more than a few feet from the ground, hidden by the shadows of the world, and then had, without warning, little more than a quarter of a pasang from the keep, swept into the air, the first wave striking at the wire, the second, third and fourth waves dropping through the cut, billowing wire to the parapets, roofs and courtyard of the keep.
Smoke took shape in a ring billowing gently upward in the thin sunlight, now you take your name, suppose you just decided that you.
Carefully, he balanced sun overhead through the billowing clouds, shot the horizon with the half-mirror, then did a few calculations.
Hoots of agony could be heard in the billowing smoke, and the sec men fired short volleys seeking live targets.
Trying to force limp fingers to trigger the longblaster, he slumped over and lay unnaturally still within the billowing gray cloud.
The campfire snuffed instantly as clouds of billowing steam rose, folding in upon themselves in the moisture-heavy air, then dissipated into a wide, thin fog that hung low to the ground.
It appeared to be a large man and wide, with billowing edges that flapped in the screaming wind.
Those billowing shadows danced across the furniture in time to the music of the breeze.
She curtsied deeply and took her leave of his keep, walking into the billowing arms of the winter wind.
The wind blew in and down the tower, billowing her hair all around her as the fire disappeared.
In the half-light she looked like the legends of the Windchild, with her golden tresses billowing around her.
The horse leapt into a gallop, the black mriswith cape billowing out behind.
The tarp suddenly flapped louder, billowing, cutting right to find the path of least resistance.
There was no mirror in the passage to admire his disguise, but he could sense from the shadow of his billowing robe that he was perfect.
Langdon rocketed downward, on the edge of a billowing shroud of light, feeling like a surfer trying to outrun a thousand-foot tidal wave.