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Billowing

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v. Present participle of billow.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. rising in billows.

adj. stormy; affected by storms; -- of weather, used prenominally.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. characterized by great swelling waves or surges

Word Usage

"I knew this as I turned on the morning news to see a shot of the Empire State Building in the foreground and the World Trade Center with black smoke billowing from the North Tower."

Equivalent

stormy

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

billowy surging stormy billowy surging

Verb Stem

billow