Thesaurus: surge

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1. n. A spring; a fountain.
2. n. A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.
3. n. The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.
4. n. The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
5. v. i. To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
6. v. i. To slip along a windlass.
7. n. To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).
8. n. a sudden forceful flow
9. n. a sudden or abrupt strong increase
10. n. a large sea wave
11. v. rise and move, as in waves or billows
12. v. rise rapidly