Surge : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Surge	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Surge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
surge n a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge, upsurge] a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime" Synonym(s): surge, upsurge a large sea wave Synonym(s): billow, surge v rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" Synonym(s): billow, surge, heave rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen" Synonym(s): soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom rise or move forward; "surging waves" Synonym(s): tide, surge Antonym(s): ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged" Synonym(s): scend, surge see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Surge \Surge\, v. i. 1. To swell; to rise hifg and roll. The surging waters like a mountain rise. --Spenser. 2. (Naut.) To slip along a windlass.
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).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Surge \Surge\, n. [L. surgere, surrectum, to raise, to rise; sub under + regere to direct: cf. OF. surgeon, sourgeon, fountain. See {Regent}, and cf. {Insurrection}, {Sortie}, {Source}.] 1. A spring; a fountain. [Obs.] [bd]Divers surges and springs of water.[b8] --Ld. Berners. 2. A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind. He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. --James i. 6 (Rev. Ver.) He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar, Pursues the foaming surges to the shore. --Dryden. 3. The motion of, or produced by, a great wave. 4. The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SURGE Sorter, Updater, Report Generator, Etc. IBM 704, 1959. Sammet 1969, p.8.