surge
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
Verb (5)
- rise and move, as in waves or billows“The army surged forward”Synonyms: billowheave
- rise rapidly“the dollar soared against the yen”Synonyms: soarsoar upsoar upwardszoom
- rise or move forward“surging waves”Synonyms: tide
- rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave“the boats surged”Synonyms: scend
- see one's performance improve“He levelled the score and then surged ahead”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]
Surge \Surge\, n. [L. surgere, surrectum, to raise, to rise; sub under + regere to direct: cf. OF. surgeon, sourgeon, fountain. See Regent, and cf. Insurrection, Sortie, Source.]
1.A spring; a fountain. [Obs.] "Divers surges and springs of water." --Ld. Berners. [1913 Webster]
2.A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind. [1913 Webster]
He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.— James i. 6 (Rev. Ver.)[1913 Webster]
He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar, Pursues the foaming surges to the shore.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
3.The motion of, or produced by, a great wave. [1913 Webster]
4.The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips. [1913 Webster]
Surge \Surge\, v. i.
1.To swell; to rise hifg and roll. [1913 Webster]
The surging waters like a mountain rise.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
2.(Naut.) To slip along a windlass. [1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
SURGE
Sorter, Updater, Report Generator, Etc. IBM 704, 1959. Sammet 1969, p.8.