The meaning of Billowing

Billowing – definition

adjective
(of fabric) filled with air and swelling outwards.
Usage examples:
A billowing skirt and shirt

verb
(of fabric) fill with air and swell outwards.
Usage examples:
Her dress billowed out around her
Synonims:
Puff up/out Balloon (out)Swell Fill out Bulge out Belly out

verb
Present participle of billow
Usage examples:
Smoke billowed (out) from the burning building., the sheets/shirts hanging on the line billowed in …

Billowing translation into English

Billowing: translate from English into Chinese

滚滚, 翻腾, 澜

Billowing: translate from English into Dutch

Golvend, Golven, Opzwellen

Billowing: translate from English into French

Flottant

Billowing: translate from English into German

Wogend, Prall, Bauschig

Billowing: translate from English into Hindi

लहराता, लहराना

Billowing: translate from English into Italian

Fluttuante

Billowing: translate from English into Korean

격렬한, 부풀다, 부풀게 하다, 크게 굽이치다

Billowing: translate from English into Russian

Вздымающийся, Вздыматься, Волноваться, Вздыматься волнами

Billowing: translate from English into Spanish

Ondulante, Hincharse, Ondular

Word origin

mid 16th century: from Old Norse bylgja .

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Billowing – similar words

billowed

verb
(of fabric) fill with air and swell outwards.
Usage examples:
Her dress billowed out around her

noun
A large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam.
Usage examples:
Flying in across a track of pearl and gold laid by the setting sun across the atlantic, i watched t…

All meanings and translations of Billowed

billow

noun
A large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam.
Usage examples:
Flying in across a track of pearl and gold laid by the setting sun across the atlantic, i watched t…

verb
(of fabric) fill with air and swell outwards.
Usage examples:
Her dress billowed out around her

verb
To spread over a large area, or (esp. of items made of cloth) to become filled with air and appear to be larger
Usage examples:
The building is draped in blue plastic sheeting that flaps and billows like a sail., billows of smoke

All meanings and translations of Billow

Billowing synonims

fill out

phrasal verb
Write all the required information onto a form

phrasal verb
To become larger
Usage examples:
When john is older and fills out some, he’ll be an outstanding athlete.

phrasal verb
To write or type information in spaces that are provided for it
Usage examples:
The 9m taxpayers obliged to fill out self-assessment forms must file their returns by september 30.

All meanings and translations of Fill out

swell

verb
(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.
Usage examples:
Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun
A full or gently rounded shape or form.
Usage examples:
The soft swell of her breast

adjective
Excellent; very good.
Usage examples:
You're looking swell

All meanings and translations of Swell

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