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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Billow

/bĭl'-ō/ · Bil·low · IPA /ˈbɪloʊ/
01 n. A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind.
  1. 1.
    A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind.
    “Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll.” — Cowper.
  2. 2.
    A great wave or flood of anything.
02 v. i. To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate.
imp. & p. p. Billowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Billowing
  1. 1.
    To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate.