billowing
present participle ofbillow
billow
verb[I]
uk/ˈbɪl.əʊ/us/ˈbɪl.oʊ/tospreadover alargearea, or (especiallyof things made ofcloth) tobecomefilledwithairandappearto belarger:
Smokebillowed(out)from theburningbuilding.
Thesheets/shirtshangingon thelinebillowed in thebreeze.
Wewatchedtheboatswiththeirbillowingsails.
Spreading and scattering
- all over the placeidiom
- bedaub
- bell
- bestrew
- billow
- diffuse
- dispersion
- dusting
- encroach on/uponsomething
- fan out
- go around
- go/do the roundsidiom
- smear
- smudge
- smudging
- smudgy
- spatter
- spattered
- sprinkle
- sweep
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billowing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The argument of this paper is similar in the sense that drapery is here considered as a metaphor for thebillowingsurfaces of contemporary architecture.
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What draws my attention most in the painting is the strangelybillowingblue drapery, treated as an independent object.
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While this fellow is dancing with an attractive young woman, he begins to levitate, before disappearing in abillowing, sulphuric cloud of smoke.
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Eerie electronic resonance emanated from speakers placed around a raised platform, rightof-stage, concealed by semi-transparent,billowingdrapes, across which floated many ghostly images - including fluttering birds and wind-blown soap bubbles.
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If one gets into a cab where someone has been smoking, there is no smokebillowingaround.
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The house has 27 rooms, flames arebillowingout of the roof, but what are the 27 residents doing?
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At that blinding flash there was a massive discharge of gamma radiation and this was followed by the mushroom cloudbillowingup.
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Thebillowingclouds of ash deposit a gentle rain of fine dry pumice, which settles on everything until it is brushed away.
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Other effects include dramatic shadows, portentous superimpositions and moody sequences in which the camera glides through corridors withbillowingcurtains.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Amateur video purported the scene to have black smokebillowinginto the sky, visible throughout the city.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They favor fluttering robes, draped gowns, andbillowingtrousers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The stage was filled with steambillowingout of controlled machines.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is known for his sense of silhouette, pairing highwaisted skinny pants with a voluminous blouson, or a tightly cut wool jumpsuit withbillowingsleeves.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On the horizon is a steam train with a plume of white smokebillowingaway from it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It included a number of funnelsbillowingsmoke, steel piping, cables hanging above and a flight of stairs in the middle.
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