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Surge   /sərdʒ/   Listen
Surge

noun
1.
A sudden forceful flow.  Synonyms: rush, spate, upsurge.
2.
A sudden or abrupt strong increase.  Synonym: upsurge.  "An upsurge of emotion" , "An upsurge in violent crime"
3.
A large sea wave.  Synonym: billow.
verb
(past & past part. surged; pres. part. surging)
1.
Rise and move, as in waves or billows.  Synonyms: billow, heave.
2.
Rise rapidly.  Synonyms: soar, soar up, soar upwards, zoom.
3.
Rise or move forward.  Synonym: tide.  Antonym: ebb.
4.
Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave.  Synonym: scend.
5.
See one's performance improve.



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"Surge" Quotes from Famous Books



... by his side and listened; a wonderful peace had come down on her. Then the emotion that vibrated in his deep voice made something surge up to her throat. "Life for evermore! Life for evermore!" All at once she began to weep, to sob, and to laugh in a breath, ...
— The Christian - A Story • Hall Caine
... deep tenderness of his voice or the earnestness of his question. Lloyd felt the blood surge up in her face and her heart throbbed so fast she could hear it beat. But she hastily thrust back the proffered turquoise, saying, ...
— The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor • Annie Fellows Johnston
... shake—changing not only the high peaks and cliffs, but the streams. As soon as these rock avalanches fell the streams began to sing new songs; for in many places thousands of boulders were hurled into their channels, roughening and half-damming them, compelling the waters to surge and roar in rapids where before they glided smoothly. Some of the streams were completely dammed; driftwood, leaves, etc., gradually filling the interstices between the boulders, thus giving rise to lakes and level reaches; and these again, after being gradually filled in, were changed to meadows, ...
— The Yosemite • John Muir
... began. But as he spoke, her expression changed; she seemed to be aware of their presence for the first time. Her eyes narrowed in a curious manner, and the rigid lips seemed to surge with blood, presenting the effect of a queer, swift-fading smile that lingered long after her ...
— The Hollow of Her Hand • George Barr McCutcheon
... despondency, pleasure and pain, Are mingled together in sunshine and rain; And the smile and the tear, the song and the dirge, Still follow each other like surge upon surge. ...
— In The Boyhood of Lincoln - A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk • Hezekiah Butterworth


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