Surge

English Meaning

A spring; a fountain.

1. To rise and move in a billowing or swelling manner.
2. To roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat.
3. To move like advancing waves: The fans surged forward to see the movie star.
4. To increase suddenly: As favorable reviews came out, interest in the software surged.
5. To improve one's performance suddenly, especially in bettering one's standing in a competition.
6. Nautical To slip around a windlass. Used of a rope.
7. Nautical To loosen or slacken (a cable) gradually.
8. A heavy billowing or swelling motion like that of great waves.
9. Wave motion with low height and a shorter period than a swell.
10. A coastal rise in water level caused by wind.
11. The forward and backward motion of a ship subjected to wave action.
12. A sudden onrush: a surge of joy.
13. A period of intense effort that improves a competitor's standing, as in a race.
14. A sudden, transient increase or oscillation in electric current or voltage.
15. An instability in the power output of an engine.
16. Astronomy A brief, violent disturbance occurring during the eruption of a solar flare.
17. Nautical The part of a windlass into which the cable surges.
18. Nautical A temporary release or slackening of a cable.