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[syn: billowy, billowing(a), surging]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Surge \Surge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Surging.] [Cf. F. surgir to cast anchor, to land. Cf.
Surge, n.] (Naut.)
To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a
hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a
capstan).
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
surging
adj 1: characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy
storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging
waves" [syn: billowy, billowing(a), surging]