| Front | billow |
|---|---|
| Back | bil•low verb, noun BrE /ˈbɪləʊ/ NAmE /ˈbɪloʊ/ verb verb forms word origin example bank 1 [intransitive] (of a sail, skirt, etc.) to fill with air and swell out The curtains billowed in the breeze. 2 [intransitive] if smoke, cloud, etc. billows, it rises and moves in a large mass A great cloud of smoke billowed out of the chimney. noun word origin [usually plural] a moving mass or cloud of smoke, steam, etc. like a wave A farmer was burning straw, the yellow billows of smoke spiralling lazily upward. |
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