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1. Characterized by great swelling waves or surges
   "the restless billowing sea";
   - billowy, surging

1. Rise up as if in waves
   "smoke billowed up into the sky";
   - wallow
    
2. Move with great difficulty
   "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"
    
3. Rise and move, as in waves or billows
   "The army billowed forward";
   - surge, heave
    
4. Become inflated
   "The sails billowed";
   - balloon, inflate

See also: procellous [archaic], stormy

Type of: blow up, expand, go, inflate, locomote, move, soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, travel, zoom

Encyclopedia: Billow, Andrew