Billowing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of something that billows; a billow.

    "The Bible is full of passages designed to meet and relieve those billowings and heavings of the soul, but without a devotional spirit such passages can never be appreciated or comprehended."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of billow form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by great swelling waves or surges wordnet

Synonyms

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baggyballooningbentbillowybloatedbosomy

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"Tom woke up to see his pyjamas billowing in the tree outside his bedroom window."

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