surge: Meaning and Definition of

surge

1. a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
2. a strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something: a billowing surge of smoke.
3. the rolling swell of the sea.
4. the swelling and rolling sea: The surge crashed against the rocky coast.
5. a swelling wave; billow.
1. a widespread change in atmospheric pressure that is in addition to cyclonic and normal diurnal changes.
2. Seestorm surge.
1. a sudden rush or burst of current or voltage.
2. a violent oscillatory disturbance.
8. a slackening or slipping back, as of a rope or cable.
1. an uneven flow and strong momentum given to a fluid, as water in a tank, resulting in a rapid, temporary rise in pressure.
2. pulsating unevenness of motion in an engine or gas turbine.

1. (of a ship) to rise and fall, toss about, or move along on the waves: to surge at anchor.
2. to rise, roll, move, or swell forward in or like waves: The sea surged against the shore. The crowd surged back and forth.
3. to rise as if by a heaving or swelling force: Blood surged to his face.
1. to increase suddenly, as current or voltage.
2. to oscillate violently.
1. to slack off or loosen a rope or cable around a capstan or windlass.
2. to slip back, as a rope.
6. to move with pulsating unevenness, as something driven by an engine or gas turbine.

1. to cause to surge or roll in or as in waves.
2. to slacken (a rope).