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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  SURGE
       
          Sorter, Updater, Report Generator, Etc.  IBM 704, 1959.
          Sammet 1969, p.8.
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Surge \Surge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Surging.] [Cf. F. surgir to cast anchor, to land. Cf.
     Surge, n.] (Naut.)
     To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a
     hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a
     capstan).
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Surge \Surge\, n. [L. surgere, surrectum, to raise, to rise; sub
     under + regere to direct: cf. OF. surgeon, sourgeon,
     fountain. See Regent, and cf. Insurrection, Sortie,
     Source.]
     1. A spring; a fountain. [Obs.] ``Divers surges and springs
        of water.'' --Ld. Berners.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water,
        produced generally by a high wind.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven
              by the wind and tossed.               --James i. 6
                                                    (Rev. Ver.)
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar,
              Pursues the foaming surges to the shore. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon
        which the cable surges, or slips.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Surge \Surge\, v. i.
     1. To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The surging waters like a mountain rise. --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Naut.) To slip along a windlass.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Surge \Surge\, n. [L. surgere, surrectum, to raise, to rise; sub
     under + regere to direct: cf. OF. surgeon, sourgeon,
     fountain. See Regent, and cf. Insurrection, Sortie,
     Source.]
     1. A spring; a fountain. [Obs.] ``Divers surges and springs
        of water.'' --Ld. Berners.
  
     2. A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water,
        produced generally by a high wind.
  
              He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven
              by the wind and tossed.               --James i. 6
                                                    (Rev. Ver.)
  
              He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar, Pursues
              the foaming surges to the shore.      --Dryden.
  
     3. The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.
  
     4. The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon
        which the cable surges, or slips.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Surge \Surge\, v. i.
     1. To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
  
              The surging waters like a mountain rise. --Spenser.
  
     2. (Naut.) To slip along a windlass.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Surge \Surge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Surging.] [Cf. F. surgir to cast anchor, to land. Cf.
     Surge, n.] (Naut.)
     To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a
     hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a
     capstan).

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  surge
       n 1: a sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, upsurge]
       2: a sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of
          speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in
          violent crime" [syn: upsurge]
       3: a large sea wave [syn: billow]
       v 1: rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged
            forward" [syn: billow, heave]
       2: rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yes" [syn: soar,
           soar up, soar upwards, zoom]
       3: rise or move foward; "surging waves" [syn: tide] [ant: ebb]
       4: rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force
          such as a wave; "the boats surged" [syn: scend]
       5: see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and
          then surged ahead"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surge
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 αύξηση
     2 απότομη ορμή, ξέσπασμα ορμής

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surge
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la surgō  2 s pres actv impr)
     n.
     A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
     2 To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
     3 (lb en intransitive aviation of a jet engine) To experience a
  momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to
  disruption of intake airflow.
     4 (lb en transitive nautical) To slack off a line.
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: surgir)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  surge
     n.
     A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
     2 To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
     3 (lb en intransitive aviation of a jet engine) To experience a
  momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to
  disruption of intake airflow.
     4 (lb en transitive nautical) To slack off a line.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  surge
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la surgō  2 s pres actv impr)
     n.
     A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
     2 To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
     3 (lb en intransitive aviation of a jet engine) To experience a
  momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to
  disruption of intake airflow.
     4 (lb en transitive nautical) To slack off a line.
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: surgir)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  surge
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la surgō  2 s pres actv impr)
     n.
     A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
     2 To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
     3 (lb en intransitive aviation of a jet engine) To experience a
  momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to
  disruption of intake airflow.
     4 (lb en transitive nautical) To slack off a line.
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: surgir)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surge
     Viro vb.
     (et-v-taivm 36 s u rge)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  surge
     Engelska n.
     1 tillströmning, framvällande; (plötslig) uppgång, ökning, uppsving
     2 svallvåg, vågsvall, brottsjö
     3 (tagg bildligt språk=en) svall, våg
     Engelska vb.
     1 svalla, rulla, bölja (fram), strömma till, välla fram, trycka på
     2 brusa

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Surge /zˈ??ɡə/ 
   [astron.] surge 
           Note: solar activity
           Note: Sonnenaktivität

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  الإندفاع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  surge //sɜːd͡ʒ// //sɝd͡ʒ// 
  1. скок в напрежението
  2. вълнение
  (nautical) swell of the sea
  3. нахлуване, прилив
  sudden transient rush or flood

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  surge //sɜːd͡ʒ// //sɝd͡ʒ// 
  бушувам, надигам се
  to rush, flood, or increase suddenly

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  nárůst

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  vysoká vlna

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  prudká změna

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  vzdouvání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  dmout se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  vzkypět

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  příboj

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  tryskat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  nával

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  nápor

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  příval

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  vzdouvat se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  nárůst

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  rázový impulz (el.)
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  Ansturm , Drängen , plötzliche Bewegung  [soc.]
           Note: einer Menschenmenge
     Synonym: crowd surge
  
   see: surge forward
  
           Note: of a crowd

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  Aufwallung 
     Synonym: upsurge
  
   see: upsurges, surges
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  Branden 
           Note: des Meeres
           Note: of the sea

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  Einschaltstoß 
           Note: Strömungslehre
           Note: fluid mechanics

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  Stromstoß , Spannungsstoß , Sprungwelle  [electr.]
     Synonyms: rush of current, current surge, line transient
  
   see: rushes of current, current surges, surges, line transients
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  Surge  [astron.]
           Note: Sonnenaktivität
           Note: solar activity

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  Verdichterpumpen , Kompressorpumpen , Pumpen  [techn.]
     Synonym: surging
  
           Note: compressor

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  Wanderwelle , fortschreitende Welle  [electr.]  [med.]  [phys.]
     Synonyms: travelling wave, progressive wave
  
   see: travelling waves, progressive waves, surges, transient wave
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  drängen [Menschen] , strömen 
   see: surging, surged
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  durchrutschen, schlüpfen 
           Note: Seil an einem Spill
   see: surging, surged
  
           Note: rope at a capstan

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  in jdm. hochkommen, aufsteigen, aufwallen  [psych.]
           Note: Gefühle
        "surged up inside"  - hochgekommen, aufgestiegen, aufgewallt
     Synonym: surge up inside sb.
  
   see: surging, surging up inside, surged
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  hochschnellen, in die Höhe schießen, emporschießen  [geh.]  [übtr.]
           Note: Dinge
        "The prices surged/skyrocketed."  - Die Preise schossen in die Höhe.
     Synonyms: shoot up, rocket, skyrocket, leap
  
   see: shooting up, rocketing, skyrocketing, surging, leaping, shot up, rocketed, skyrocketed, surged, leaped
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  pumpen 
           Note: Kompressor
   see: surging, surged
  
           Note: compressor

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  auf den Wellen reiten  [naut.]
           Note: Schiff
   see: surging, surged
  
           Note: ship

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  schießen [wie eine Rakete]  [an/durch einen Ort] , rasen 
        "The book rocketed/surged to the top of the best-seller lists."  - Das Buch schaffte den Sprung / gelangte auf Anhieb an die Spitze der Bestsellerlisten.
        "He rocketed/surged to stardom overnight."  - Er wurde über Nacht zum Star.
     Synonym: rocket
  
           Note: to/through a place
           Note: followed by adverb/preposition

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  sprunghafter Anstieg 
           Note: von etw.
           Note: of sth.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  sprunghaft ansteigen 
        "The voltage surged."  - Die Spannung stieg sprunghaft an.
   see: surging, surged
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  
  ξεχύνομαι, κύμα, αυξάνομαι απότομα

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  surge //sɜːd͡ʒ// //sɝd͡ʒ// 
  1. jännitepiikki
  2. pumppaus, ryntäys
  (aviation) a momentary reversal of the airflow
  3. aallokko, maininki
  (nautical) swell of the sea
  4. aalto
  sudden transient rush or flood

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  surge //sɜːd͡ʒ// //sɝd͡ʒ// 
  1. rynnätä
  to accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly
  2. paisua
  to rush, flood, or increase suddenly

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/ 
  1. उमड़ना
        "Cricket fans surged into the stadium."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  uzburkanost, veliki val

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  1. roham
  2. tenger
  3. nagy hullám

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  surge //sɜːd͡ʒ// //sɝd͡ʒ// 
  サージ

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  surge /sə:rdʒ/
  1. didelė banga, bangavimas, bangos
  2. banga, antplūdis
  3. (kainų, nedarbo ir pan.) kilimas, augimas
  4. el. viršįtampis
  5. banguoti, kilti, kil(n)otis
  6. (už)plūsti (apie minią, jausmus, t.p. surge up)
  7. (kainų, pelno, poreikių ir pan.) kilimas

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  surge /sɜ:ʤ/
  I.   1.  poruszać się, falować
   2.  wzrastać
  II.   1.  poruszenie
   2.  wzrost

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  surge //sɜːd͡ʒ// //sɝd͡ʒ// 
  överspänning

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  surge /sˈɜːdʒ/
  1. kabarıp yuvarlanmak
  2. dalgalanmak
  3. (elek.) kabarmak, taşmak
  4. (den.) birden kayıvermek
  5. (den.) çok baş kıç vurmak (demirli gemi)
  6. akın etmek
  7. birden kabarıvermek
  8. büyük dalga
  9. büyük dalga gibi sürükleme
  10. elektrik akım veya gücünün süratle artması veya yükselip düşmesi
  11. (den.) ırgatın daralan kısmı.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈsɝdʒ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  330 Moby Thesaurus words for "surge":
     Charybdis, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement,
     accumulation, addition, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion,
     aggrandizement, amplification, anabasis, appreciation, arise,
     ascend, ascension, ascent, assemble, augmentation, awake the dead,
     ballooning, be poised, billow, blast, blast the ear, bloating,
     blow out, boom, boost, bore, break, breaker, breakers, broadening,
     buildup, bulge, bunch, bunch up, centrifugate, centrifuge, chop,
     choppiness, chopping sea, clamber, climb, climbing, clot, cluster,
     collect, comb, comber, come together, come up, concourse,
     confluence, conflux, congregate, converge, copulate, couple,
     course, crash, crescendo, crosscurrent, crowd, curl upwards,
     current, dash, date, deafen, defluxion, development, din,
     dirty water, dizzy round, downflow, downpour, drain, drain out,
     drift, driftage, eagre, ebb, ebb and flow, eddy, edema, elevation,
     empty, enlargement, escalade, exhaust, expansion, extension,
     fill the air, find vent, flock together, flood, flow, flow back,
     flow in, flow out, flow together, flowing, fluency, flush, flux,
     forgather, fountain, fullness, fuse, gain, gang around, gang up,
     gather, gather around, go up, gravity wave, greatening,
     ground swell, grow up, growth, gurge, gush, gush out, gyre,
     gyring up, heave, heavy sea, heavy swell, herd together, hike,
     hive, horde, huddle, increase, increment, inflation, inflow,
     intensity, issue, jet, jump, league, leap, levitate, levitation,
     lift, link, loom, lop, loudishness, loudness, maelstrom, make,
     mass, meet, merge, mill, mill run, millrace, mount, mounting,
     multiplication, muster, onrush, onward course, outflow, outpour,
     peak, peal, pirouette, play, popple, pour, pour out,
     productiveness, proliferation, pulsate, race, raise, rally,
     rally around, rat race, rattle the windows, rear, rear up, reel,
     regurgitate, rend the air, rend the ears, rendezvous, resound,
     riffle, ring, ripple, rise, rise and fall, rise up, rising,
     rock the sky, rocketing up, roll, roller, rough water, round, run,
     run out, rush, saltation, scend, sea, seethe, send, set,
     shooting up, sluice, sluice out, smash, snowballing, soaring,
     sonority, sonorousness, spate, spew, spew out, spin, spiral, spire,
     spit, split the eardrums, split the ears, spout, spout out, spray,
     spread, spring, spritz, spurt, spurtle, squirt, stand up,
     startle the echoes, stream, stun, surf, surge back, surge of sound,
     swarm, swarm up, sweep up, swell, swelling, swirl, takeoff,
     taking off, throng, thunder, tidal bore, tidal wave, tide,
     tide wave, toss, tower, trend, trough, tsunami, tumescence, turn,
     twirl, undercurrent, undertow, undulate, undulation, unite, up,
     upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrow,
     upgrowth, upheave, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise,
     uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upspin, upstream, upsurge,
     upsurgence, upswarm, upsweep, upswing, uptrend, upturn, upwind,
     vault, volume, vomit, vomit forth, vomit out, vortex, water flow,
     water wave, wave, wavelet, waxing, well, well out, wheel, whirl,
     whirligig, whirlpool, whirlwind, white horses, whitecaps, widening,
     zooming
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 巨涌,汹涌,澎湃;
  v. 汹涌,澎湃;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 巨涌,汹涌,澎湃
     vi. 汹涌,澎湃,振荡,滑脱,放松
     vt. 急放

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