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Meaning of surge

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

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

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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