Does the Word Billow Mean?

2 : to move as a large cloud or mass Smoke billowed from the chimney. 3 : to bulge or swell out Sails billowed in the breeze.

What does a billow look like?

There are certain clouds that look like ocean waves, and so are called billow clouds. If you have a big shirt, the wind might make it fill with air and billow. Balloons are billowed when you inflate them. Billowing can also mean to move with difficulty — slowly.

Is billow a wave?

a great wave or surge of the sea. any surging mass: billows of smoke. to rise or roll in or like billows; surge.