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surge
[ surj ]
noun
- a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
the onward surge of an angry mob.
- a strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something:
a billowing surge of smoke.
- a sudden, strong increase or burst:
a surge of energy; surges of emotion.
- Military. a significant increase in the number of troops deployed to an area.
- the rolling swell of the sea.
- the swelling and rolling sea:
The surge crashed against the rocky coast.
- a swelling wave; billow.
- Meteorology.
- a widespread change in atmospheric pressure that is in addition to cyclonic and normal diurnal changes.
- Electricity.
- a sudden rush or burst of current or voltage.
- a violent oscillatory disturbance.
- Nautical. a slackening or slipping back, as of a rope or cable.
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- (of a ship) to rise and fall, toss about, or move along on the waves:
to surge at anchor.
- to rise, roll, move, or swell forward in or like waves:
The sea surged against the shore. The crowd surged back and forth.
- to rise as if by a heaving or swelling force:
Blood surged to his face.
- Electricity.
- to increase suddenly, as current or voltage.
- to oscillate violently.
- Nautical.
- to slack off or loosen a rope or cable around a capstan or windlass.
- to slip back, as a rope.
- Machinery. to move with pulsating unevenness, as something driven by an engine or gas turbine.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to surge or roll in or as in waves.
- Nautical. to slacken (a rope).
surge
/ ɜː /
noun
- a strong rush or sweep; sudden increase
a surge of anger
- the rolling swell of the sea, esp after the passage of a large wave
- a heavy rolling motion or sound
the surge of the trumpets
- an undulating rolling surface, as of hills
- a billowing cloud or volume
- nautical a temporary release or slackening of a rope or cable
- a large momentary increase in the voltage or current in an electric circuit
- an upward instability or unevenness in the power output of an engine
- astronomy a short-lived disturbance, occurring during the eruption of a solar flare
verb
- intr (of waves, the sea, etc) to rise or roll with a heavy swelling motion
- intr to move like a heavy sea
- nautical 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
- intr (of an electric current or voltage) to undergo a large momentary increase
- rare.tr to cause to move in or as if in a wave or waves
surge
- A coastal rise in water level caused by wind.
Derived Forms
- ˈܰ, adjective
- ˈܰ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·ܰiԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of surge1
Word History and Origins
Origin of surge1
Example Sentences
Labour campaigned at the July general election on a promise to "smash" the criminal people-smuggling gangs after a surge in small boat crossings since 2018.
DHL said last week the change had "caused a surge in formal customs clearances, which we are handling around the clock".
The numbers are bleak, though not as bad as in 2023, when layoffs surged.
At the Julian Hinds Pumping Plant, near the aqueduct’s halfway point, water was lifted 441 feet, surging through three pipelines up a desert mountain.
That it could come in part because of a surge of support in Ontario and Quebec - the eastern provinces where so much of the population is concentrated - only adds to the regional divide.
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