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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
surge
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a crowd surges forward (=moves forward all together)
▪ Police officers began to lose control and the crowd surged forward.
a surge in demand (=a sudden increase)
▪ There’s often a surge in demand for the Internet at the weekend.
a surge/buzz of excitement (=a sudden feeling of excitement)
▪ As soon as he noticed her name on the list, a surge of excitement ran through him.
▪ There is a buzz of excitement inside the stadium.
a wave/burst/surge of enthusiasm (=a sudden feeling of enthusiasm)
▪ The new year began with a fresh wave of enthusiasm.
a wave/flood/surge/rush of emotion (=a sudden very strong emotion)
▪ A great surge of emotion swept through her when she learnt that he was safe.
a wave/surge of optimism (=a sudden strong feeling of optimism)
▪ The team are riding a wave of optimism after their recent victory.
a wave/surge of panic (=a feeling of panic that you suddenly have)
▪ A sudden wave of panic overcame him.
a wave/surge of pity
▪ The woman looked so dejected that a wave of pity washed over me.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
crowd
▪ The nearby crowd surged forward and police had to intervene.
▪ The crowd surged around him, and the police backed off.
▪ The ferry drew close to the bank and the crowd surged forward.
▪ There was shouting, and it seemed as if the crowd might surge forward and overwhelm the Archbishop and his priests.
▪ The Stanford crowd surges on to the floor, waving banners, dancing to the band, inching forward to high-five the players.
market
▪ Major overseas stock markets surged today.
▪ The market surged 3. 1 percent Friday.
▪ The index trailed the broader stock market, which surged in the last two days.
▪ Other market indexes have surged ahead as well.
price
▪ Frankfurt: Prices fell sharply on inflation worries after news that wholesale prices surged by 1.1 percent.
▪ In mid-1995, two rallies related to shrinking supplies sent prices surging above $ 6 an ounce.
sale
▪ Industrial production and retail sales had both surged, at a rate of 13.7 percent and 13 percent respectively.
▪ Auto sales surged 21 % to 36, 278.
▪ The chief financial officer of Atmel Corp., a memory-chip maker, saw sales surge more than 60 % last year.
wave
▪ Her trembling increased, but this time the violent tremors were caused by the fresh wave of anger which surged through her.
▪ But the waves surging across the raft had ripped the lids off three of the four tubs.
■ VERB
send
▪ Frustratingly his grip merely tightened, sending a tingling awareness surging through her.
▪ In mid-1995, two rallies related to shrinking supplies sent prices surging above $ 6 an ounce.
▪ But relaxing credit could send inflation surging again.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A feeling of rage surged up inside him.
▪ By 2006, the liver transplant figure is likely to surge to at least 4.3 million.
▪ Demonstrators surged through the streets, demanding the President's resignation.
▪ Orders from customers in the Far East have surged.
▪ Stocks surged Wednesday following positive economic reports.
▪ The new barriers are designed to give way if spectators surge forward too violently.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Advantest jumped 5.4 per cent to 11,520 and Tokyo Electron surged 4.8 per cent to Y7,050.
▪ At this, anger finally surged in me.
▪ But in the eight days between Iowa and New Hampshire, Hart surged dramatically.
▪ His whole army seemed to surge up against Jackson as if to crush him with an overwhelming mass.....
▪ Margery Clark, 54, was checking the rear lights as the car surged backwards at Farnborough, Kent.
▪ So many emotions are surging that there is a kind of dizziness.
▪ The Seasiders still hadn't adjusted as Linfield surged ahead 49 seconds into the second-half.
▪ The tractor surged forward, into the dimness.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
▪ On the other hand there was a great surge of Left-wing sentiment in the political and intellectual life of the labour movement.
▪ All these developments, reinforced by a stretch of world peace, brought about a great surge in travel.
▪ It seems strange that this great surge of medical interest in dietary fibre should have occurred only in the past decade.
▪ Treacherous relief replaced amusement and was followed by a great surge of pure excitement as she glanced up at their apartment building.
▪ Damn Julius! she muttered to herself in a great surge of resentment.
huge
▪ That does not denote a huge surge for socialism, or even anything remotely like it.
▪ Yes, that's when I felt that huge surge of relief and happiness.
late
▪ Under the influence of this late surge of rational speculation I tried to view myself in a different light.
▪ That late surge was impossible to ignore.
▪ I expect they will come in a late surge.
new
▪ Charles understood what had caused her new surge of spirit.
▪ Each pump of the heart brings a new surge of blood to the head.
▪ Old priorities gradually move down the list while new ones surge forward.
▪ Publishers, eager to profit from the new surge of interest in romances, hurriedly launched new romance lines.
▪ The new surge of complaints could strengthen the argument that Britain needs to frame more acceptable noise legislation.
recent
▪ The length of stay and conditions have been cited as key factors behind a recent surge in violence, escapes and riots.
▪ To be sure, a shift in consumers' habits may account for some of the recent surge in credit card use.
▪ They say the ferries are still losing money despite a recent surge in passenger numbers.
▪ The attack was the culmination of a dramatic recent surge in computer onslaughts.
sudden
▪ But I was faithful - so why the sudden surge of guilt?
▪ Khmer voices came over it in sudden chattering surges.
▪ She felt a sudden surge of anger.
▪ National industry status is used to protect local producers from a sudden surge of imports.
▪ Suppose there was a sudden surge in demand for cash from the general public.
▪ Outside, though, as he loaded it into the car, he was surprised to feel a sudden surge of confidence.
▪ A sudden surge in the pound, for example, could seriously unhinge the process.
▪ Therese, sitting at Willi's right, felt a sudden surge of pure, undiluted happiness wash over her.
■ NOUN
power
▪ Then President Alberto Fujimori, campaigning for a third term in office, rode into town on his own power surge.
▪ Recent power surges disrupted underground train service between the terminal and concourses.
▪ I feel godly powers surge through my body as blanquita relaxes.
▪ As with most valuable electronic equipment, surge protection is recommended against possible lightning strikes and power surges.
■ VERB
experience
▪ Instead, half way between Guildford and Woking, he experienced a curious surge of elation.
▪ This city has experienced a surge of homicides in 1996 and, if the pace continues, could set a bloody record.
▪ He experienced hormonal surges - an equation of wordless emotions.
▪ But Yuma-area growers also are experiencing surges in supply, too, Duda said.
▪ I experienced a surge of fear.
feel
▪ How could she have felt that hot surge of excitement when he kissed her, touched her?
▪ I felt a surge of delight mingled with a bit of fear.
▪ As her fury drained, she felt a surge of uplift.
▪ She felt a surge of giddy courage.
▪ One is supposed to feel a charitable surge at revelations of deprivation, but oh how satisfying not to do so.
▪ I feel godly powers surge through my body as blanquita relaxes.
▪ She felt the familiar surge of irritation mixed with guilt.
▪ Wyatt felt a surge of desolation in the knuckles of his right hand.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A surge of elation rushed through his body as he read the note for the third time.
▪ a 31% surge in divorce rates
▪ a power surge
▪ Her books enjoyed a huge surge in popularity in the mid-1980s.
▪ Last year there was a surge in the company's profits to $122m.
▪ Sophie felt a surge of anger, but with an effort she suppressed it.
▪ Stores are expecting a surge in demand as Christmas approaches.
▪ The unexpected surge of voters to the polls has surprised even opposition parties.
▪ There has been a tremendous surge of interest in Chinese medicine.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But Abdur-Rahim halted the surge with a three-point play, and in a few seconds the Bears were within 60-59.
▪ For new parents, those words bring an overwhelming surge of feeling, with tears of relief and joy.
▪ In terms of annual capital spending on transport, there was a surge in the late eighteenth century.
▪ My adrenalin surge could service the needs of West Texas for a week.
▪ She felt a surge of solidarity and loyalty towards him.
▪ Treacherous relief replaced amusement and was followed by a great surge of pure excitement as she glanced up at their apartment building.
▪ Triggering the surge in fees was robust activity in a number of high-margin businesses.
▪ With his surge to serious status has come a surge of reporters' interest in his family finances.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Surge

Surge \Surge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surged; p. pr. & vb. n. Surging.] [Cf. F. surgir to cast anchor, to land. Cf. Surge, n.] (Naut.) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).

Surge

Surge \Surge\, n. [L. surgere, surrectum, to raise, to rise; sub under + regere to direct: cf. OF. surgeon, sourgeon, fountain. See Regent, and cf. Insurrection, Sortie, Source.]

  1. A spring; a fountain. [Obs.] ``Divers surges and springs of water.''
    --Ld. Berners.

  2. A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.

    He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
    --James i. 6 (Rev. Ver.)

    He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar, Pursues the foaming surges to the shore.
    --Dryden.

  3. The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.

  4. The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.

Surge

Surge \Surge\, v. i.

  1. To swell; to rise hifg and roll.

    The surging waters like a mountain rise.
    --Spenser.

  2. (Naut.) To slip along a windlass.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
surge

late 15c., "fountain, stream," of uncertain origin, probably from Middle French sourge-, stem of sourdre "to rise, swell," from Latin surgere "to rise, arise, get up, mount up, ascend; attack," contraction of surrigere, from assimilated form of sub "up from below" (see sub-) + regere "to keep straight, guide" (see regal). Meaning "high, rolling swell of water" is from 1520s; figurative sense of "excited rising up" (as of feelings) is from 1510s.

surge

1510s, "to rise and fall," from surge (n.), or from Middle French surgir "rise, ride (as a ship does a wave), spring up, arrive." Meaning "rise high and roll forcefully" is from 1560s. Related: Surged; surging.

Wiktionary
surge

n. A sudden transient rush, flood or increase. vb. (lb en intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.

WordNet
surge
  1. n. a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, upsurge]

  2. a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime" [syn: upsurge]

  3. a large sea wave [syn: billow]

surge
  1. v. rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" [syn: billow, heave]

  2. rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yes" [syn: soar, soar up, soar upwards, zoom]

  3. rise or move foward; "surging waves" [syn: tide] [ant: ebb]

  4. rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged" [syn: scend]

  5. see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead"

Wikipedia
Surge (soft drink)

Surge (sometimes styled as SURGE) is a citrus flavored soft drink developed by the New Products team at Coca Cola Atlanta in 1997. Surge was first produced by The Coca-Cola Company to compete with Pepsi's Mountain Dew during the 1990s. Surge was advertised as having a more "hardcore" edge, much like Mountain Dew's advertising at this time, in an attempt to further take customers away from Pepsi. It was originally launched in Norway as Urge, and was so popular that it was later released in America as Surge. Lagging sales caused production to be ended in 2003 for most markets, and by 2014 Norway was the last country where either Urge or Surge were still sold.

However, popular fan bases such as Facebook's "SURGE Movement" led Coca-Cola to re-release the soft drink on September 15, 2014 for the US market via Amazon.com "Prime" in 12-packs of 16 oz. cans. In February 2015, Coca-Cola initiated a test market for the beverage in stores primarily in the Southeastern United States, and concluded in May 2015. Some locations outside of the test region have also been found to sell Surge. Surge was re-released to stores in the Southeast, Northeast, parts of the Midwest, and the Mountain States of America in September 2015.

Surge (comics)

Surge (Noriko "Nori" Ashida) is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, one of the student body in the Xavier Institute, and a member of the former New Mutants squad therein. She maintained her powers post M-Day and was the leader of the New X-Men.

Surge

Surge may refer to:

Surge (radio station)

Surge (also known as Surge Radio) is an English student radio station based at the University of Southampton. Founded in 1976 as Radio Heffalump, the station was renamed Radio Glen the following year and originally broadcast from the university's Glen Eyre Halls complex.

The station was rebranded as Surge in 2001 and in 2005 was relocated to Highfield Campus. Surge is now owned and funded by the University of Southampton Students' Union, and celebrated its 40th birthday in February 2016.

Surge (glacier)

Glacial surges are short-lived events where a glacier can advance substantially, moving at velocities up to 100 times faster than normal. Surging glaciers cluster around a few areas. High concentrations of surging glaciers occur in Svalbard, the Canadian Arctic islands, Alaska and Iceland. In some glaciers, surges can occur in fairly regular cycles, with 15 to 100 or more surge events per year. In other glaciers, surging remains unpredictable. In some glaciers, however, the period of stagnation and build-up between two surges typically lasts 10 to 200 years and is called the quiescent phase. During this period the velocities of the glacier are significantly lower, and the glaciers can retreat substantially.

Usage examples of "surge".

While these unfinished exclamations were actually passing my lips I chanced to cross that infernal mat, and it is no more startling than true, but at my word a quiver of expectation ran through that gaunt web--a rustle of anticipation filled its ancient fabric, and one frayed corner surged up, and as I passed off its surface in my stride, the sentence still unfinished on my lips, wrapped itself about my left leg with extraordinary swiftness and so effectively that I nearly fell into the arms of my landlady, who opened the door at the moment and came in with a tray and the steak and tomatoes mentioned more than once already.

When she feels a surge of negative feelings, it is especially difficult for a woman to speak in a trusting, accepting, and appreciative way.

With the thought came a surge of power to his limbs, and he fought on, crushing Automaton after Automaton to the earth.

Surging forward, the waves gathered momentum and height, only to disappear within the mist which hung like a gray veil about the base of Azul Island.

He strained to hear what was happening, but there was too much noise from the rush and surge of the wind in the snags of the batture, in the trees beyond the levee, in the hammering air itself.

Her interest in him surged, attracted by the blatant sexuality in his whisky-rich voice.

Except for the tiny surge of sunlight, the crowd was unaware of its passage, but Rhapsody could see it, and she blew a kiss skyward.

That warning had blunted, however slightly, the surge of panic which even the most experienced armsmen must feel under totally unexpected attack.

He cursed out loud, scolding himself for his inability to release the memories: the maelstrom of hypnagogic images superimposed upon all that he saw, the recollections of the accident tearing apart and blending back together again in a blurry mixture of lucid truth and deceptive mirage, the deafening blare of the horns in helpless warning, the walls of the chambers flashing in a fluctuating rhythm to the horns, between glowing red and pitch black, the faces burning and falling off everyone as the radiation surge hit, the crumbling support beams collapsing all about them, his own flesh melting, the blackness closing in.

Yezda surge almost sent Marcus hurrying back with his maniple to relieve the pressure on the rest of the legionaries, but Gaius Philippus and Gagik Bagratouni battled the nomads to a standstill.

Of a moment, Maro found his heart pounding and his mind clutched by a surge of lust unlike anything he had ever before felt.

Close-up jostled shots of thousands of people outside a stadium after a Goebbels speech, people surging, massing, bursting through the traffic.

The huge merman lunged forward and CC struggled painfully not to slide under the surface as Dylan lost his protective hold on her and surged forward to meet the giant.

The reptile snapped its jaws once, tilted its head toward Mirt to deliver what he could only describe as a wink, and surged past the astonished moneylender to spit lighting into the open mouth of the beholder.

As he stood there, turned from me, with his hat off, and his neck painfully flushed under the sharp outcurve of his dark head, a feeling of pity surged up in me, as if I had taken an unfair advantage.