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1 Surging -- rank: 1000

Surging definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SUR'GING, ppr. Swelling and rolling, as billows. Surging waves against a solid rock. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ... waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves" [syn: billowy, billowing, surging] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Surge Surge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surged; p. pr. & vb. n. Surging.] [Cf. F. surgir to cast anchor, to land. Cf. Surge ...

2 Surge -- rank: 802

... To swell; to rise high and roll; as waves. The surging waters like a mountain rise. 1. To slip back, as ... up, soar upwards, surge, zoom] 3: rise or move forward; "surging waves" [syn: tide, surge] [ant: ebb, ebb away, ebb down ... and then surged ahead" Merriam Webster's I. verb (surged; surging) Etymology: earlier, to ride (at anchor) probably in part from ... verb 1. to rise and fall actively ; toss < a ship surging in heavy seas > 2. to rise and move in waves or billows ; swell < the sea was surging > 3. to slip around a windlass, capstan, or bitts — used ... move with a surge or in surges < felt the blood surging into his face — Harry Hervey > < she surged past the ...

3 Billowy -- rank: 446

... waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves" [syn: billowy, billowing, surging] Merriam Webster's adjective see billow I Webster's 1913 ... foam. --Thomson. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Surging, rolling, heaving, full of surges or billows. 2. Fluctuating, rising ...

4 tide -- rank: 352

... tide, lunar time period] v 1: rise or move forward; "surging waves" [syn: tide, surge] [ant: ebb, ebb away, ebb down ... of the sea < the tide of public opinion > b. a surging movement of a group < a tide of opportunists > 4. a ...

5 Billowing -- rank: 352

... waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves" [syn: billowy, billowing, surging] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Billow Bil"low, v. i. [imp ...

6 rip current -- rank: 223

... wave approach. The buildup continues until water can escape by surging for several minutes through a low point in a breaker ...

7 racing -- rank: 223

... racing, mazy, meandering, pouring, profluent, running, rushing, serpentine, sluggish, streaming, surging, surgy, the turf, tidal, track, track sports, vortical

8 Rushing -- rank: 223

... rotational, rotatory, running, serpentine, sideward, sinking, sluggish, soaring, streaming, sudden, surging, surgy, tidal, up-trending, upward, vortical

9 Rush -- rank: 223

... a. a violent forward motion b. attack, onset c. a surging of emotion 2. a. a burst of activity, productivity, or ...

10 Running -- rank: 223

... stir, stirring, straight, streaming, stylographic, successively, superintendence, superintendency, supervision, suppuration, surging, surgy, sustained, swift, that be, that is, thaw, thawing, the ...

11 Pouring -- rank: 223

... pluvious, profluent, racing, rainy, running, rushing, serpentine, showery, sluggish, streaming, surging, surgy, tidal, vortical

12 Meandering -- rank: 223

... snaky, snarled, spiral, spiraling, straggling, stray, straying, streaming, strolling, subtle, surging, surgy, swerving, tangled, tangly, tidal, torsion, torsional, tortile, tortility, tortuosity ...

13 Mazy -- rank: 223

... sinuose, sinuous, sluggish, snaky, snarled, spasmodic, spineless, stray, streaming, subtle, surging, surgy, swerving, tangled, tangly, tidal, torsional, tortile, tortuous, turning, twisted ...

14 fluxional -- rank: 223

... profluent, racing, running, runny, rushing, sappy, serpentine, sluggish, streaming, succulent, surging, surgy, tidal, vortical, watery

15 Fluent -- rank: 223

... sluggish, smooth, smooth-sounding, smooth-spoken, soaring, sociable, streaming, succulent, surging, surgy, sweet, symmetrical, talkative, talky, tidal, tripping, up-trending, upward ...