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Nouns (1)

surge

n. a large sea wave

Verbs (6)

billow

v. move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"

wallow

v. rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky"

balloon, inflate

v. become inflated; "The sails ballooned"

surge, heave

v. rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"

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Fuzzynyms (28)

emergence, outgrowth, growth

n. the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"

jump, leap

n. a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance"

rise

n. a growth in strength or number or importance

ascension

n. (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon

jet, squirt, spurt, spirt

n. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

torrent, violent stream

n. a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent"

bulge, bulk

v. cause to bulge or swell outwards

bloat

v. make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly"

stretch

v. become longer by being stretched and pulled; "The fabric stretches"

swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce

v. expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

bulge, bulk

v. cause to bulge or swell outwards

swell

v. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"

heave, buckle, warp

v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

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