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Word entry · 6 letters

billow

Best crossword clue

"Become inflated"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɪl.oʊ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted billowStarts with BEnds with W1 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2I3L4L5O6W

Definitions

  1. become inflated

Word origin

From Middle English *bilwe, borrowed from Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō.

Used in a sentence

  • […] Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll, / From the world's girdle to the frozen pole;
  • The snow fell hissing in the brine, / And the billows frothed like yeast.
  • But at that moment he is sprung upon by a panther billow leaping over the bulwarks. Wave after wave thus leaps into the ship […]

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