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English Dictionary: surging by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
surging
adj
  1. characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves"
    Synonym(s): billowy, billowing(a), surging
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Surge \Surge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Surged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Surging}.] [Cf. F. surgir to cast anchor, to land. Cf.
      {Surge}, n.] (Naut.)
      To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a
      hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a
      capstan).
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