billowing

comparative more billowing · superlative most billowing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of billow

plural billowings

1. The act of something that billows; a billow.

   The Bible is full of passages designed to meet and relieve those billowings and heavings of the soul, but without a devotional spirit such passages can never be appreciated or comprehended.

   1839, Western Literary Institute and College of Professional Teachers, Transactions, volume 8, page 59