Synonyms:
rush, spate, surge, upsurge
Meaning: a sudden forceful flow
Synonyms:
surge, upsurge
Meaning: a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
billow, surge, heave
Meaning: rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"
Synonyms:
soar, soar_up, soar_upwards, surge, zoom
Meaning: rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"
Synonyms:
tide, surge
Meaning: rise or move forward; "surging waves"
Synonyms:
scend, surge
Meaning: rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged"
Usage examples
The empathetic is always aware of this constant and silent surge, whether he makes the effort to understand it or not.
The stiffened hand moving forward in a sudden surge, all the weight and energy of his body concentrated in his joined fingertips.
They waded breast-deep in the water, emerging, coming shoreward, a woman, with her hair coiled about her head, and in pursuit of her a man, graceful figures of black and silver, with a bright green surge flowing off from them, a pattering of flashing wavelets about them.
At length a great sea swept the boy among the breakers, but his good angel pushed a piece of timber within reach, and he held on to it until he could feel the ground with his feet; he then let the timber go, and scrambled out of reach of the angry surge; but when he came to the dry sand he fainted and fell down.