Surge

What do we mean by surge?

To rise and move in a billowing or swelling manner. intransitive verb

To roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat. intransitive verb

To move like advancing waves. intransitive verb

To increase suddenly. intransitive verb

To improve one's performance suddenly, especially in bettering one's standing in a competition. intransitive verb

To slip around a windlass. Used of a rope. intransitive verb

To loosen or slacken (a cable) gradually. intransitive verb

A powerful wave or swell of water. noun

A sudden rushing motion like that of a great wave. noun

The forward and backward motion of a ship subjected to wave action. noun

A sudden onrush or increase. noun

A period of intense effort that improves a competitor's standing, as in a race. noun

A sudden, transient increase or oscillation in electric current or voltage. noun

A brief increase in the intensity of solar activity such as X-ray emission, solar wind, solar flares, and prominences. noun

The part of a windlass into which the cable surges. noun

A temporary release or slackening of a cable. noun

In electricity, to oscillate violently: said of oscillatory rushes of current.

A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.

The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation

A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.

The swell or heave of the sea. (FM 55-501).

A spring; a fountain.

The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.

Words that are spelled similarly to surge:
surge, purge, sure, urge, snurge, serge, spurge, suage, sarge, gurge, surg, burge, lurge, sorge, surgy, surve, suge.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word surge:
ovulation, inundated, flooded, flooding, tides, compressor, erosion, hurricane, tide, katrina, winds, landfall, popularity, protector, washed, storm, voltage, waves, barrier, inland, coastline, swept, cyclone, rainfall, baghdad, damage, nationalism, polls, coastal, iraq, damaged, deployment, sacramento, peaking, caused, demand, homes, flood, sustained, destroyed, feet, severe, iraqi, boats, gulf, afghanistan, immigration, causing, portions, wave, occurred, measured, margin, beach, interest, wind, mississippi, tank, affected, tropical, resulted, flow, orleans.

Words that rhyme with surge:
purge, urge, scourge, emerge, converge, merge, verge, splurge, dirge, diverge, serge, submerge, spurge, upsurge, reemerge, berge, virge, sexual urge, sun spurge, birge, caper spurge, hairy spurge, myrtle spurge, japanese spurge, dwarf spurge, cypress spurge, slipper spurge, leafy spurge, allegheny mountain spurge, allegheny spurge, petty spurge, burdge, wild spurge, flowering spurge, toothed spurge, wood spurge.

Adjectives that are often used to describe surge:
sudden, great, new, recent, initial, upward, tremendous, current, preovulatory, strong, powerful, huge, dramatic, tidal, final, forward, brief, ovulatory, massive, fresh, unexpected, wild, mighty, big, enormous, rapid, unprecedented, heavy, momentary, remarkable, quick, temporary, induced, emotional, inflationary, creative, hot, immediate, violent, spontaneous, postwar, warm, overwhelming, electrical, nocturnal, slow, vast, extraordinary, familiar, sharp, revolutionary, democratic, swift, endogenous, foot, anti, maximum, restless, fierce, strange, proestrous, incredible, slight, sea, steady, immense, irresistible, republican, angry.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective surge:
protection, tanks, protectors, arresters, tank, suppressors, impedance, capacity, protector, control, suppressor, devices, voltage, voltages, capacitors, chambers, diverters, pressure, arrester, current, currents, characteristics, loading, channels, pressures, chamber, line, analysis, flow, valves, arrestors, propera, phenomena, suppression, test, testing, waves, hose, tectonics, deposits, absorbers, study, bins, generators, bin, illuminare, shafts, crest, zones, generator, valve, blocks, capability, vessels, drums, margin, velocities, irrigation, tests, rating, cable, absorber, strips, fig, equipment, phenomenology, tolerance, brakes, figure, device, filters, diverter, shaft, stagnate, motion, vessel, transfer, feeding, drum, propagation, heights, surges, ratings, admittance, frequency, operation, capacitor, piles, requirements, potential.

Consonant match to surge:
sage, siege, sedge, serge, seige, segge, sege.

Words that sound like surge:
surge, serge, serj, search, surg, sir, siege, ser, scourge, seige, sur, surrey, sary, cer, sory, sarge, surged, sedge, sri, saree, surry, sry, spurge, cire, sge, cir, srry, serow, stge, sige, sree, seris, surr, cira, sorge, srr, sser, sirree, sirr, c.j, sauge, pser, sij, surgy, psr, ciri, ssri, tsr, swr, ssj, saaj, snurge, cege, cje, tsra, ssar, tser, psora, serged, orge, arj, sage, searched, sash, cert, searcher, serb, cirque, circ, cern, cires, sach, searle, sache, cerf, cers, searl, scearce, cerse, cirt, cirb, cirl, crn, cirp, cerp, scert, cirse, cirk, cirs, cerne, serbe, searce, cerv, pssh, sauch, scern, cerc, cirm, psers, scj.