(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
When something made of cloth ~s, it swells out and moves slowly in the wind.
The curtains ~ed in the breeze...
Her pink dress ~ed out around her.
VERB: V, V out
2.
When smoke or cloud ~s, it moves slowly upwards or across the sky.
Steam ~ed out from under the bonnet.
...~ing clouds of cigarette smoke.
VERB: V prep/adv, V-ing
3.
A ~ of smoke or dust is a large mass of it rising slowly into the air.
...smoke stacks belching ~s of almost solid black smoke.
= cloud
N-COUNT: usu N of n