1. Rise or move suddenly and powerfully
   "The crowd surged forward"; "Electricity demand surged during the heatwave"
    
2. Rise or increase dramatically
   "the dollar surged against the yen";
   - soar, zoom
    
3. Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave
   "the boats surged";
   - scend [archaic]
    
4. (sport) see one's performance improve
   "He levelled the score and then surged ahead"
    
5. (of emotions or feelings) rise or well up suddenly and intensely
   "Anger surged through him"

1. A sudden or abrupt strong increase
   "stimulated a surge of speculation";
   - upsurge, upswell, insurgence
    
2. A sudden, often forceful flow
   "A surge of water breached the levee";
   - rush, spate, upsurge, tide, upswell
    
3. A large wave or undulating mass of something, as of water, smoke, cloth or sound
   "A surge of sound filled the concert hall";
   - billow
    
4. A sudden, powerful increase or shift in emotion, opinion, or activity
   "A surge of sympathy swept through the crowd";
   - tide
    
5. (military) a rapid increase in the number of troops deployed to an area
   "The military implemented a troop surge in the conflict zone"

Sounds like: surfs, surge

Derived forms: surged, surges, surging

Type of: ameliorate, arise, better, come up, flow, flowing, go up, improve, increase, lift, meliorate, move up, moving ridge, rise, step-up, uprise [archaic, literary], wave

Encyclopedia: Surge