Triton, Cymothoe from the rock's sharp brow / push off the vessels. Neptune plies amain / his trident-lever, lays the sandbanks low, / on light wheels shaves the deep, and calms the billowy flow.
Source: tatoeba (6783702)
Billowy
//ˈbɪ.ləʊ.(w)i//
Synonyms for "billowy" (66 found)
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Translations
7 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- хълмист adj (full of billows or surges)
German
2 entries- wellig adj (full of billows or surges)
- wogend adj (full of billows or surges)
Māori
1 entries- tāpokopoko adj (full of billows or surges)
Spanish
1 entries- onduloso adj (full of billows or surges)
Turkish
2 entries- dalga dalga adj (full of billows or surges)
- dalgalı adj (full of billows or surges)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
"We who have followed o'er the billowy brine / thee and thine arms, since Ilion sank in flame, / will raise thy children to the stars, and name / thy walls imperial. Thou build them meet / for heroes. Shrink not from thy journey's aim, / though long the way."
Source: tatoeba (7005198)
Far off is seen, above the billowy mere, / Trinacrian AEtna, and the distant roar / of ocean and the beaten rocks we hear, / and the loud burst of breakers on the shore; / high from the shallows leap the surges hoar, / and surf and sand mix eddying.
Source: tatoeba (7334985)
He was shabby and careless, with inkstains on the sleeves of his jacket, and his cravat was large and billowy, under a chin shaped like the toe of an old boot.
Source: wiktionary
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