Surging

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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).


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  surging
       adj : characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy
             storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging
             waves" [syn: {billowy}, {billowing(a)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "surging":
     affluent, confluent, coursing, decurrent, defluent, diffluent,
     flowing, fluent, fluxional, fluxive, gulfy, gushing, mazy,
     meandering, pouring, profluent, racing, running, rushing,
     serpentine, sluggish, streaming, surgy, tidal, vortical