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Meaning of BILLOWY

Pronunciation:  'bilowee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves"
 
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 Synonyms: billowing(a), stormy, surging
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bil"low*y\, a.
Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large
waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
      And whitening down the many-tinctured stream, Descends
      the billowy foam.                        --Thomson.
 
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