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a sudden forceful flow

a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime"

see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead"

rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged"

rise or move foward; "surging waves"

a sudden forceful flow

rise rapidly, as of a current or voltage

a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime"

A spring; a fountain.

A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.

The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.

The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.

To swell; to rise hifg and roll.

To slip along a windlass.

To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).

To rise high and roll; swell.

The rising or swelling of a large wave.

To rise high: to swell.

Swell of a great wave; billows.

To rise; swell.

To raise or rise high and roll onward, as waves.

A great wave; billow.

The act of surging.

n. [Latin] A large wave or billow ; a great rolling swell of water.