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ALL meanings of surge

surge
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  • noun surge sudden rush 1
  • noun surge electrical 1
  • intransitive verb surge increase forcefully 1
  • abbreviation SURGE sea 1
  • noun surge increase in prices 1
  • noun surge sudden increase 1
  • intransitive verb surge sea: move forcefully 1
  • intransitive verb surge move forcefully 1
  • noun surge a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob. 1
  • noun surge a strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something: a billowing surge of smoke. 1
  • noun surge a sudden, strong increase or burst: a surge of energy; surges of emotion. 1
  • noun surge Military. a significant increase in the number of troops deployed to an area. 1
  • noun surge the rolling swell of the sea. 1
  • noun surge the swelling and rolling sea: The surge crashed against the rocky coast. 1
  • noun surge a swelling wave; billow. 1
  • noun surge Meteorology. a widespread change in atmospheric pressure that is in addition to cyclonic and normal diurnal changes. storm surge. 1
  • noun surge Electricity. a sudden rush or burst of current or voltage. a violent oscillatory disturbance. 1
  • noun surge Nautical. a slackening or slipping back, as of a rope or cable. 1
  • noun surge Machinery. an uneven flow and strong momentum given to a fluid, as water in a tank, resulting in a rapid, temporary rise in pressure. pulsating unevenness of motion in an engine or gas turbine. 1
  • verb without object surge (of a ship) to rise and fall, toss about, or move along on the waves: to surge at anchor. 1
  • verb without object surge to rise, roll, move, or swell forward in or like waves: The sea surged against the shore. The crowd surged back and forth. 1
  • verb without object surge to rise as if by a heaving or swelling force: Blood surged to his face. 1
  • verb without object surge Electricity. to increase suddenly, as current or voltage. to oscillate violently. 1
  • verb without object surge Nautical. to slack off or loosen a rope or cable around a capstan or windlass. to slip back, as a rope. 1
  • verb without object surge Machinery. to move with pulsating unevenness, as something driven by an engine or gas turbine. 1
  • verb with object surge to cause to surge or roll in or as in waves. 1
  • verb with object surge Nautical. to slacken (a rope). 1
  • noun Definition of surge in Technology Sorter, Updater, Report Generator, Etc. IBM 704, 1959. Sammet 1969, p.8. 1
  • countable noun surge A surge is a sudden large increase in something that has previously been steady, or has only increased or developed slowly. 0
  • verb surge If something surges, it increases suddenly and greatly, after being steady or developing only slowly. 0
  • verb surge If a crowd of people surge forward, they suddenly move forward together. 0
  • countable noun surge A surge is a sudden powerful movement of a physical force such as wind or water. 0
  • verb surge If a physical force such as water or electricity surges through something, it moves through it suddenly and powerfully. 0
  • countable noun surge If you feel a surge of a particular emotion or feeling, you experience it suddenly and powerfully. 0
  • verb surge If an emotion or sensation surges in you or through you, you feel it suddenly and powerfully. 0
  • verb surge Surge up means the same as surge. 0
  • noun surge a strong rush or sweep; sudden increase 0
  • noun surge the rolling swell of the sea, esp after the passage of a large wave 0
  • noun surge a heavy rolling motion or sound 0
  • noun surge an undulating rolling surface, as of hills 0
  • noun surge a billowing cloud or volume 0
  • noun surge a temporary release or slackening of a rope or cable 0
  • noun surge a large momentary increase in the voltage or current in an electric circuit 0
  • noun surge an upward instability or unevenness in the power output of an engine 0
  • noun surge a short-lived disturbance, occurring during the eruption of a solar flare 0
  • verb surge (of waves, the sea, etc) to rise or roll with a heavy swelling motion 0
  • verb surge to move like a heavy sea 0
  • verb surge to slacken or temporarily release (a rope or cable) from a capstan or (of a rope, etc) to be slackened or released and slip back 0
  • verb surge (of an electric current or voltage) to undergo a large momentary increase 0
  • verb surge to cause to move in or as if in a wave or waves 0
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