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Nov 27, 2009
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bil•low



Pronunciation: (bil'ō), [key]
—n.
1. a great wave or surge of the sea.
2. any surging mass: billows of smoke.

—v.i.
1. to rise or roll in or like billows; surge.
2. to swell out, puff up, etc., as by the action of wind: flags billowing in the breeze.

—v.t.
to make rise, surge, swell, or the like: A sudden wind billowed the tent alarmingly.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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