Billow

//ˈbɪloʊ//

Synonyms for "billow" (77 found)

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Translations

56 translations across 25 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κλύδων noun (large wave)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ҙур тулҡын noun (large wave)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • огромна вълна noun (large wave)
  • издувам се verb (to swell or bulge)
  • надигам се verb (to surge in billows)

Catalan

1 entries
  • onada noun (large wave)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 巨浪 noun (large wave)

Dutch

3 entries
  • deinen verb (to surge in billows)
  • doen bol staan verb (to swell or bulge)
  • zwellen verb (to swell or bulge)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ondego noun (large wave)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hyökyaalto noun (large wave)
  • hyökyä verb (to surge in billows)
  • pullistua verb (to swell or bulge)
  • tupruta verb (to surge in billows)

French

2 entries
  • flot noun (large wave)
  • ondoyer verb (to surge in billows)

Galician

1 entries
  • vaga noun (large wave)

German

4 entries
  • Woge noun (large wave)
  • bauschen verb (to swell or bulge)
  • wabern verb (to surge in billows)
  • wogen verb (to surge in billows)

Italian

1 entries
  • maroso noun (large wave)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 波浪 noun (large wave)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • alòna noun (large wave)

Māori

3 entries
  • apu noun (large wave)
  • apu tai noun (large wave)
  • puhitai noun (large wave)

Occitan

3 entries
  • ondada noun (large wave)
  • vaga noun (large wave)
  • èrsa noun (large wave)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • طالاز noun (large wave)
  • طالازلانمق verb (to surge in billows)

Polish

3 entries
  • bałwan noun (large wave)
  • bałwanić verb (to surge in billows)
  • zbałwanić verb (to surge in billows)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • vaga noun (large wave)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਛੱਲ noun (large wave)

Russian

4 entries
  • больша́я волна́ noun (large wave)
  • вал noun (large wave)
  • вздыма́ться verb (to surge in billows)
  • выпя́чиваться verb (to swell or bulge)

Scots

1 entries
  • adnasjur noun (large wave)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ola noun (large wave)
  • oleada noun (large wave)
  • hincharse verb (to swell or bulge)
  • inflarse verb (to swell or bulge)

Swedish

2 entries
  • bölja noun (large wave)
  • bölja verb (to surge in billows)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • вели́ка хви́ля noun (large wave)
  • випи́нуватися verb (to swell or bulge)
  • здійма́тися verb (to swell or bulge)
  • здійматися verb (to surge in billows)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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One, that bore / the brave Orontes and his Lycian crew, / full in AEneas' sight a toppling wave o'erthrew. / Dashed from the tiller, down the pilot rolled. / Thrice round the billow whirled her, as she lay, / then whelmed below.

Source: tatoeba (6780333)

To avoid freeze-drying my fingers, I yank them out, while Ms. Walters adds liquid nitrogen to the tank. Out billow clouds of chilly white fog.

Source: tatoeba (11037484)

[…] Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll, / From the world's girdle to the frozen pole;

Source: wiktionary

The snow fell hissing in the brine, / And the billows frothed like yeast.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.