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billowing adjective [ ˈbɪləʊɪŋ ]

• (of fabric) filled with air and swelling outwards.
• "a billowing skirt and shirt"

billow verb

• (of fabric) fill with air and swell outwards.
• "her dress billowed out around her"
Similar: puff up/out, balloon (out), swell, fill out, bulge out, belly out,
Origin: mid 16th century: from Old Norse bylgja .


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