billow
noun (billows); verb (billow, billows, billowed, billowing)
Everyday
- A billow is a big rolling wave of the sea. tree →
- To billow is to swell out and rise like a wave, as cloth does in the wind. tree →
In the lessons
in tales the sea rolls in great billows; a sail or cloak billows in the wind
Examples
- The sea rolled in great billows. tree →
- Her cloak billowed behind her. tree →
- Pray for those lost beyond the foaming billows. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
In Jewish tradition
Interpretation: The psalmist and Jonah use waves as a picture of overwhelming trouble. Tradition reads Jonah's prayer from the sea as turning to God when all seems lost. In the primary lessons: in tales the sea rolls in great billows; a sail or cloak billows in the wind
Examples
- Deep calleth unto deep at the voice of Thy cataracts; all Thy waves and Thy billows are gone over me. (Writings PSA.42.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- For Thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all Thy waves and Thy billows passed over me. (Prophets JON.2.4, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «billow» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «billow» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «billow» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «billow» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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