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billowing Definition and Meaning in English (billowing definition)

adjective
Synonyms:surgingswellingrolling
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Billowing definition: Describing something, such as smoke, cloth, or a cloud, that is swelling outwards with air or moving in large, wavelike motions.

Definitions of Billowing

  1. 1adjective

    Describing something, such as smoke, cloth, or a cloud, that is swelling outwards with air or moving in large, wavelike motions.

  2. 2verb

    The action of smoke, clouds, or steam moving or flowing outwards with a characteristic swelling motion.

Example Sentences

“The billowing smoke from the chimney filled the sky.”

“Her long skirt was billowing in the strong wind.”

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third person singularbillows
past tensebillowed
nounbillow

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Billowing definition: Describing something, such as smoke, cloth, or a cloud, that is swelling outwards with air or moving in large, wavelike motions.
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'Billowing' translates to 'billowing' in English. Billowing definition: Describing something, such as smoke, cloth, or a cloud, that is swelling outwards with air or moving in large, wavelike motions.
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