Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rising in billows.
- adjective stormy; affected by storms; -- of weather, used prenominally.
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- verb Present participle of
billow .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by great swelling waves or surges
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
five years later, remembering… « Adventures in Juggling 2006
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There in front of me a man-made object was seemingly defying the laws of physics, because it remained sideways moving at the same rate of speed with puffy white smoke billowing from the tires — the sound and smell of rubber being scrapped across pavement, in a way it was not designed to, filled the air around us.
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The second explosion was followed by a yellow flash and a cloud of black smoke billowing from the jungle.
Boronski, John A. 1990
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The second explosion was followed by a yellow flash and a cloud of black smoke billowing from the jungle.
Pool, Jerry L. 1990
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The second explosion was followed by a yellow flash and a cloud of black smoke billowing from the jungle.
Ganoe, Berman Jr. 1990
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The second explosion was followed by a yellow flash and a cloud of black smoke billowing from the jungle.
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The second explosion was followed by a yellow flash and a cloud of black smoke billowing from the jungle.
Becerra, Rudy M. 1990
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