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plural of billow
as in waves
a moving ridge on the surface of water the great billows created by the ocean storm threatened to swamp the fishing boat

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verb

present tense third-person singular of billow

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“Billows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billows. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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