surge
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
nautical
naval
navy
physical-sciences
physics
politics
transport
war
Etymology: The verb is from Middle English ^((please verify)) surgen, possibly from Middle French sourgir, from Old French surgir (“to rise, ride near the shore, arrive, land”), from Old Catalan surgir, from Latin surgō, contraction of surrigō, subrigō (“lift up, raise, erect; intransitive rise, arise, get up, spring up, grow, etc.”, transitive verb), from sub (“from below; up”) + regō (“to stretch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-; see regent. Doublet of source and sourd.
The noun is from the verb.
Inflected forms:
form: surges
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: surges
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: surging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: surged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: surged
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
pos: noun
examples: He felt a surge of excitement.
As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.
gloss: The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.
pos: noun
gloss: A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current.
pos: noun
examples: A power surge at that generator created a blackout across the whole district.
When the diesel was being worked full out, the ammeter normally showed about 1,500-1,600 amps, with occasional surges of current at starting or up the steepest gradients to 1,700 or even 1,800 amps.
gloss: A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to disruption of the airflow entering the engine's air intake, accompanied by loud banging noises, emission of flame, and temporary loss of thrust.
pos: noun
gloss: The swell or heave of the sea.
pos: noun
examples: He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed.
He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar, / Pursues the foaming surges to the shore.
gloss: A deployment in large numbers at short notice.
pos: noun
tags: US
attributive
often
examples: surge capacity; surge fleet; surge deployment capabilities
gloss: The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
pos: noun
gloss: To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Toaster sales surged last year.
Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.
Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
gloss: To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
pos: verb
examples: A ship surges forwards, sways sideways and heaves up.
Wales began the second half as they ended the first, closing down Montenegro quickly and the pressure told as Bale surged into the box and pulled the ball back for skipper Ramsey, arriving on cue, to double their lead.
gloss: To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to disruption of intake airflow.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Use of maximum reverse thrust at low speeds can cause the engine to surge from ingesting its own exhaust.
gloss: To slack off a line.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: inrush
Related words: source
surgation
Derived words: antisurge
countersurge
microsurge
postsurge
presurge
pyroclastic surge
storm surge
supersurge
surgeful
surgeless
surge pricing
surgeproof
surge protector
surge suppressor
surge tank
surge testing
surgy
tidal surge
upsurge
outsurge
splurge
unsurging
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