surge
verb
- to cause to move with waves
- to submerge
- rise, move forwards
noun
- sudden increase
- type of glacier event
- rise, move forwards
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /sɝd͡ʒ/ / /sɜːd͡ʒ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English sourge, of uncertain origin. In the earliest examples, translating Old French sourgeon (modern French surgeon), from sourge- (which the Middle English term is probably from), the present stem of sourdre, from Latin surgō (“to rise”).
- A spring; a fountain.
“1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles all great rivers are gorged and assembled of various surges and springs of water”
verb
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.
- To rush, flood, or increase suddenly.
“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.”
- To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly.
“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.”
- To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to disruption of intake airflow.
“Use of maximum reverse thrust at low speeds can cause the engine to surge from ingesting its own exhaust.”
- To slack off a line.