SURGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does surge mean? 

• SURGE (noun)
  The noun SURGE has 3 senses:

1. a sudden forceful flow

2. a sudden or abrupt strong increase

3. a large sea wave

  Familiarity information: SURGE used as a noun is uncommon.

• SURGE (verb)
  The verb SURGE has 5 senses:

1. rise and move, as in waves or billows

2. rise rapidly

3. rise or move forward

4. rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave

5. see one's performance improve

  Familiarity information: SURGE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SURGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sudden forceful flow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

rush; spate; surge; upsurge

Hypernyms ("surge" is a kind of...):

flow; flowing (the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "surge"):

debris storm; debris surge (the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building)

onrush (a forceful forward rush or flow)

Derivation:

surge (rise or move forward)

surge (rise and move, as in waves or billows)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sudden or abrupt strong increase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

surge; upsurge

Context example:

an upsurge in violent crime

Hypernyms ("surge" is a kind of...):

increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)

Derivation:

surge (see one's performance improve)

surge (rise rapidly)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A large sea wave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

billow; surge

Hypernyms ("surge" is a kind of...):

moving ridge; wave (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))

Derivation:

surge (rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave)

surge (rise or move forward)

• SURGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they surge    ... he / she / it surges   
Past simple: surged   
Past participle: surged   
-ing form: surging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rise and move, as in waves or billows

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

billow; heave; surge

Context example:

The army surged forward

Hypernyms (to "surge" is one way to...):

blow up; inflate (fill with gas or air)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

surge (a sudden forceful flow)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Rise rapidly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

soar; soar up; soar upwards; surge; zoom

Context example:

the dollar soared against the yen

Hypernyms (to "surge" is one way to...):

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "surge"):

billow; wallow (rise up as if in waves)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

surge (a sudden or abrupt strong increase)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Rise or move forward

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

surge; tide

Context example:

surging waves

Hypernyms (to "surge" is one way to...):

course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

surge (a large sea wave)

surge (a sudden forceful flow)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

scend; surge

Context example:

the boats surged

Hypernyms (to "surge" is one way to...):

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

surge (a large sea wave)

Sense 5

Meaning:

See one's performance improve

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

He levelled the score and then surged ahead

Hypernyms (to "surge" is one way to...):

ameliorate; better; improve; meliorate (get better)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

surge (a sudden or abrupt strong increase)

 Context examples 

The old familiar feelings of that time came back upon him, surged up within him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The turning points were 1999-2000, when PGR surged from 0.08% to 0.24% (a threefold increase) and 2005-2006, when PGR jumped from 0.4% to 0.72%.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)

And even I felt a great joy surge up within me.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I half believed her; for I felt indeed only bad feelings surging in my breast.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

And a great resolve surged into his will to the effect that he would not leave the office until he got his money.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

She hesitated, and a surge of anger darkened his face.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The mob of peasants had surged in upon their heels, but the two trustiest blades in Europe gleamed upon that narrow stair, and four of their number dropped upon the threshold.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Scientists had been regularly tracking the star, called NGC 2547-ID8, when it surged with a huge amount of fresh dust between August 2012 and January 2013.

(Spitzer Telescope Witnesses Asteroid Smashup, NASA)

Mysteries linger about why particles get such a huge energy boost around black holes, forming dramatic jets that surge away from the poles of black holes at nearly the speed of light.

(Black Hole Image Makes History, NASA)

A device designed to prevent a certain action, such as one that protects an electical system from voltage or current surges.

(Arrester Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)