Ufafanuzi wa kamusi wa neno "billow" ni: wingi mkubwa wa kitu, kwa kawaida wingu, moshi, au mvuke. Kama kitenzi, ina maana ya kusogea au kutiririka nje kwa mwendo usio na kifani, kama mawimbi. Inaweza pia kurejelea wimbi kubwa la bahari au kuongezeka kwa maji. Zaidi ya hayo, inaweza kutumika kwa njia ya kitamathali kuelezea kitu ambacho ni kikubwa, kinachoviringika, au kuvimba kwa mwonekano au harakati.
1. Even as he watched, the last section gave way and crashed to the ground, sending up a billow of white dust.
2. Rune blew the smoke and watched it billow, then looked again to Kallan.
3. She verged on puking, exacerbated by a billow of black diesel fumes from a light truck as it passed.
4. A billow is glittering through the thinning trees.
5. The gate lowered with the sound of metal links clicking through gears, then landed with a boom, causing clouds of snow to billow.
6. A breeze came from the window, making his cloak billow around his muscled frame sheathed in black armor.