billow
/ˈbɪləʊ/
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American sound/ˈbɪləʊ/
billow
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bil - low -> billow
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billow /'bÇlǝƱ/ n
၁။ (arch ) လှိုင်းတံပိုး။
၂။ တလိပ်လိပ် ရွေ့လျား နေသော မီးခိုးလုံး၊ ရေနွေးငွေ့လုံး စသည်။
v တလိပ်လိပ်ထသည်။ billowing clouds ❍ sails billowing (out) in the wind လေတိုက်သဖြင့်ဖောင်း ထွက်နေသောရွက်များ။ ❍ Smoke billowed from the burning houses.
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catch the wind, swell, bulge, balloon, flap, flutter, fill, wave, fly, bagger, beachcomber, beetle, belly, bloat, bloater, bounce, breaker, bug out, cloud, crest, curl, ebb and flow, flow, heave, inflate, mushroom, oversize, oversized, pitch, pop out, puff, puff out, puff up, ripple, rise, rise and fall, rise up, rock, roll, roll upward, roller, rush, surge, surging mass, swirl, tide, toss, undulate, waft
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