Surge

Definition: Surge

Surge

Noun

1. A sudden forceful flow.

2. A sudden or abrupt strong increase: "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime".

3. A large sea wave.

Verb

1. Rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward".

2. Rise rapidly, as of a current or voltage.

3. Rise in waves.

4. Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force, as on a wave.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "surge" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Computing

Aerospace

Electrical Engineering

Engineering & Technology

Environment

Mechanical Engineering

Mining

Solar

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SURGE

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Synonyms: Surge

Ascent

Go aloft, fly aloft; tower, soar, take off; spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards; hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge; leap.

Assemblage

Verb: assemble, collect, muster; meet, unite, join, rejoin; cluster, flock, swarm, surge, stream, herd, crowd, throng, associate; congregate, conglomerate, concentrate; precipitate; center round, rendezvous, resort; come together, flock get together, pig together; forgather; huddle; reassemble.

River

Wave, billow, surge, swell, ripple;

Rotation

Centrifugal force; surge; vertigo, dizzy round; coriolus force.

Crosswords: Surge

Latin (grow, lift, rise).

In a few moments, transverse magneto energy will surge through your brain, unlocking information hidden deep and dormant that could hold the key to Earth's very survival. (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

Please sir, sir, can I have one to surge me sir, please sir? (A Hard Day's Night; writing credit: Alun Owen)

When I held that gun in my hand, I felt a surge of power like God must feel when he's holding a gun. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

The surge must have mutated your superstructures. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

El Espanto surge de la tumba (1973)

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References

• Surge Components, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The World Market for Lightning Arresters, Voltage Limiters, and Surge Suppressors for Voltage Exceeding 1,000 Volts: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Electrical and Electronic Surge Protection Devices [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• End-User Analysis of U.S. Surge Protector Device Markets: U.S. Demand, Purchasing, Trends and Opportunities, 1999-2004 Analysis and Forecasts [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Storm Surge (reference)

• Surge to Freedom: The End of Communist Rule in Eastern Europe (reference)

• The Appalachian Frontier: America's First Surge Westward (Appalachian Echoes) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Surge (reference)

• Airshow: The Ultimate Power Surge! (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech

• GE 8-Outlet Surge Protector (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Electricord A1187-015AS Surge Protector (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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NOAA photo crews help ground-truth disaster damage following Hurricane Camille 20-foot storm surge left many vessels high and dry. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Logs uncovered under dune line by storm surge erosion. Following passage of Hurricane Bob on August 19. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Navy divers assisting in the placement of used tires as an alternate reef material on the artificial reef site at Pokai Bay, Oahu. The tires did not stay in place because of the strong surge of the large Pacific swells at the site. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Secret service agents try to hold back the crowds that surge forward to watch President Johnson dance with the First Lady at the inaugural ball at the National Guard Armory [...]. Credit: Library of Congress.

Students, university faculty, Norman and Oklahoma city townspeople surge around cars which were to be the hub of Friday's demonstration--Center car had loud speaker unit. Credit: Library of Congress.

Crowds surge around President-elect General Obregon entering Mexico City in a truck with Ricardo Topete on his right and Generals Manzo and Cruz on his left. Credit: Library of Congress.

Oil. Vital operations in the refining of lubricants for the war machines of democracy are performed here. These are the solvent storage and surge tanks of the McKean plant of the Quaker State Refining Company, Bradford, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Health

After an injection of heroin, the user reports feeling a surge of euphoria ("rush") accompanied by a warm flushing of the skin, a dry mouth, and heavy extremities. (references)

A plausible explanation for the cytokine findings in HPS is that TNF alpha or beta and IL-2 levels may have been strikingly increased in the period leading up to the acute illness, or that a surge of one or another or all of these cytokines led to rapid onset of pulmonary edema and shock. (references)

During the 1960s, PCP in pill form became widely abused, but the surge in illicit use receded rapidly as users became dissatisfied with the long delay between taking the drug and feeling its effects, and with the unpredictable and often violent behavior associated with its use. Powdered PCP - known as "ozone," "rocket fuel," "love boat," "hog," "embalming fluid," or "superweed" - appeared in the 1970s. In powdered form, the drug is sprinkled on marijuana, tobacco, or parsley, then smoked, and the onset of effects is rapid. (references)

Business

These changes probably caused the 1997 surge in sales of light commercial vehicles. (references)

The problem is far from being solved, and 1999 ominously witnessed a surge of returns. (references)

The outfitting of these mines was the main driver behind the surge in sales in the last three years. (references)

Economic History

Hungary

Fueling this growth was the surge in Hungarian exports (21.7 percent). (references)

Hong Kong

Strong external sector performance was primarily responsible for the growth surge. (references)

Netherlands

Presently, there is a surge in the number of pleasure boats sold in the Netherlands. (references)

Human Rights

United Kingdom

Responding to a surge in loyalist violence, in October the Government determined that the Ulster Defense Association (UDA) and Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) were no longer observing a cease-fire. (references)

Political Economy

ROMANIA

On the negative side, a surge in imports has led to a widening current account deficit. (references)

UKRAINE

Despite some progress in deregulation, Ukraine still awaits a much-needed surge in new investment. (references)

Travel

Ukraine

Travelers might also want to consider bringing a surge protector, especially for portable computers and other electronic devices. (references)

Thailand

The electrical current in Thailand is 220 volts . Business travelers should bring converters and surge protectors but they are also available on the local market. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "surge": Allievi's theory of surge pressures ♦ base surge ♦ oscillatory surge ♦ pressure surge ♦ surge around ♦ surge drum ♦ surge effect ♦ surge pressure ♦ surge protector ♦ surge resistance ♦ surge suppression equipment ♦ surge suppressor ♦ surge tank ♦ surge up ♦ surge withstand capability ♦ To surge the capstan. Additional references.

Beginning with "surge": surge-free, surge-ride, surge-tide, surge-wave-shaped.

Ending with "surge": anti-surge, power-surge, swirl-surge.

Albanian

valë e madhe (water-wave), ngre dallgë, fryhem (belly, bloat, boil up, distend, fill out, heave, pout, swagger, swell). (various references)

Arabic 

‏موجة (billow, oscillation, sea, swell, undulation, vibration, wave), ‏حركة قوية, ‏تدفق (affluence, afflux, bubble, discharge, drift, flow, flowing, fluency, flux, gush, inflow, influx, inrush, issue, jet, onrush, outbreak, outflow, outpouring, pour, roll, shoot, shoot up, slop, spirt, spout, spurt, stream, throng), ‏صعود (ascension, ascent, embarkation, rise), ‏إندفق, ‏إندفع بقوة, ‏إندفع (bicker, break out, dash, fling, flush, lunge, make, precipitate, regurgitate, rip, rush, scramble, stampede, stream, swarm, tumble, urge, zip), ‏إندفاع التيار, ‏إندفاع (break, burst, dash, dive, drift, fling, impulse, impulsion, impulsiveness, lunge, onrush, prod, raciness, rush, scramble, tear), ‏إستعجل (bustle, dash, hasten, press, spring), ‏إصطخب (welter), ‏إشتد فجأة. (various references)

Bulgarian 

голяма вълна, вълнувам се (effervesce, flutter, get excited, pulsate, roll, take on, thrill, throb), вълнение (agitation, commotion, dither, emotion, excitement, ferment, flurry, gurgitation, heartbeat, lather, nervousness, perturbation, pother, pulse, roughness, snit, stir, tear, throb, to-do, trouble, tumult, turmoil, unrest, upset), вълни, нахлувам (break in, burst, burst in, congest, encroach, invade, irrupt), надигам се (arise, blow up, boil up, get up, pull up, rear, rise, simmer, swell, uprise, well up), море (blue, brine, briny, deep, foam, ocean, pond, sea, the deep, water, waves), бушуване (bluster, rage), бушувам (bellow, bluster, ramp, storm, welter), прииждане (sweep), изблик (access, accession, burst, ebullience, ebulliency, ebullition, exuberance, flare, flash, flood, flush, gale, gust, outbreak, outburst, outcrop, outflow, passion, riot, rush, spasm, spate, spirt, spurt, wave). (various references)

Chinese 

浪涌 . (various references)

Czech

vzdouvat se (heave), vzdouvání vln, vlnit se (Crimp, curl, ripple, sweep, undulate, wave), vlnìní (ripple, swell, undulation), vlna (rash, roller, sea, tide, upsurge, wave, wool), rozvodnit se, příval (avalanche, barrage, gush, gust, inrush, spate, stream, volley), nával (crush, flush, influx, paroxysm, squash, squeeze), dmout se (swell). (various references)

Danish

x-akse vibration (fore-and-aft vibration, longitudinal vibration, shunt, transverse vibration), puls (pulse, pulse rate), positiv bølge, overspaending, fremdrift (advancing, propellent effect), dønning (ground swell, swell). (various references)

Dutch

schrikken (running, to give slack), trilling volgens de dwarsas x (fore-and-aft vibration, longitudinal vibration, shunt, transverse vibration), rimpel (furrow, wrinkle), pompverschijnsel (surge effect), overspanning (bay, span), hoge golf, golfhoogte. (various references)

Farsi 

موجداربودن (Undulate), موج غلتان , موج زدن (Shimmer, Wave), موج خروشان , موج بلند, تشکیل موج دادن , خروشان بودن , جریان سریع وغیرعادی , برق موجی ازهوا. (various references)

Finnish

hyöky (swell). (various references)

French

surtension, surintensité, se ruer, se presser, se jeter, saute de courant, poussée, augmentation, cavalement (surging), caviter, couler � flot, crête, déferler, houle, montée, monter brusquement, mouvement puissant, afflux, phénomène de pompage (surge effect), vibration transversale, vague, vibration axe x, vibration sagittale, vibration suivant l'axe des x, onde positive. (various references)

German

wogen (billow, heave, rage, ripple, rolling, swell, to billow, to surge, toss, undulate, wave, waves, welter, welters), schwall (effusion, flood, flush, gush, gust, onrush, shower, torrent). (various references)

Greek 

ξεχύνομαι (pour into, pour out, sluice out). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תפרץ (barge in, break in, break out, burst, flare up, gush, jet, make a scene), ל�"ת� חשל, ל�"סתער (assail, attack, rush, storm, strike, tear into), ל�'עוש (quake, rage, seethe, shake, storm, tremble), ת� וע�" �'לית (undulation), �"תפרצות (blaze, burst, eruption, excitement, fit, outbreak, outburst, revolt, spurt, storm), �"סתערות (assault, attack, dash, offence, offensive, onfall, onrush, onslaught, rush), �'עש �'לים, � חשול (billow, breaker, gale, storm, surf, torrent, wave). (various references)

Hungarian

tenger (brim, brine, briny, deep, ocean, sea, the drink, waves), roham (access, aggression, assault, attack, charge, fit, go, onfall, onrush, onset, paroxysm, rush, spirt, storm), nagy hullám (billow, breaker, roller). (various references)

Indonesian

menggelombang, gelombang (facet, phase, wave), bergelombang (billowy, bumpy, wavy). (various references)

Italian

sovratensione transitoria, sollevarsi (heave, rise, rise up), vibrazione sull asse antero posteriore (fore-and-aft vibration, longitudinal vibration, shunt, transverse vibration, x-axis vibration), riversarsi (fall, pour, spill, spill over), onde basse, ondata (tide, wave), onda positiva, marea (flood, shipload, tide, tides), impeto (dash, fit, force, heat, impetus, impulse, onrush), fenomeno di pompaggio (surge effect), avanzamento (advance, advancement, haulage, headway, preferment, progress, promotion, rise, step, transport), aumentare improvvisamente. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

波浪 (waves). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たかしお (flood tide, high tide), おおなみ (billow), きゅうぞう (explosion, hurried construction, one's old possessions, proliferation), �"う�"う (baby chicken, brave, cruise, filial piety, great feudal lords, harbor entrance, higher technical school, incurable disease, mine, minehead, mouth cavity, pickled vegetables, pit, pithead, princes and marquises, senior high school, sexual union, shaft, thefather of the current emperor, valiant, young and inexperienced person), �"うちょう (bird of passage, blush, favourable, flood tide, flush, hard tone, headmaster, high spirits, high tide, in good shape, migratory bird, nightingale, offices of a public or governmental organization, principal, promising, satisfactory), サージ (serge), はどう (military rule), はろう (jailbreak, prison breaking, waves). (various references)

Korean 

큰 파도. (various references)

Manx

troa (current, direction, drift, set, strike, trend), tonnaghtyn (billow), tonnaghey (undulate, undulation), soghal (groan, groaning, moan, moaning, sigh, sob, sobbing, sough, whimper), sogh (groan, moan, sigh, sob, swell, whimper), mooireerey (breaker, groundswell, heave of sea, roller, sway; billow, swaying, undulate, undulate e.g corn), lonney, freayney (flow, flow of sea, foam, foaming, fume, heave, heave of sea, overflow, raging, ripple, rippling, ruffle), att (bump, distention, enlarge, enlargement, heart, inflate, protrusion, rise, swell). (various references)

Pig Latin

urgesay

Portuguese

sobretensão. (various references)

Romanian

val mare (billow), val (bank, crape, dike, mound, roll, sea, surf, wall, wave), talaz (billow, breaker, sea, wave), tãlãzuire (billowing), galopa (gallop), fila (shadow, spin), fi aruncat de valuri, clocoti (boil, bubble, churn, Eddy, resound, ring, roar, seethe, whirl). (various references)

Russian 

вздыматься (billow, heave, surged, surging), нахлынуть, большая волна (billow, water-wave). (various references)

Scottish

tonn (a wave, billow, wave). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

veliki talas, uzrujati (agitate, get excited, ruffle, upset), uzburkanje, ljuljati se na talasima. (various references)

Spanish

sobretensión, sobreintensidad, vibración en el eje X (fore-and-aft vibration, longitudinal vibration, shunt, transverse vibration, x-axis vibration), oscilación brusca, onda positiva, oleaje (billow, surf), oleada (billow, wave), ola (beachcomber, billow, orgy, outbreak, sea, snap, wave), marejada (groundswell, tidal wave), mar de fondo (groundswell, swell), hervir (boil, boil up, burble, cooking, seethe, simmer), fenómeno de bombeo (surge effect), avance (advance, advance payment, advanced, attack, development, drive, lead, looting, preview, progress, seaway, thrust, trailer), agitarse (Bob, churn, convulse, fidget, flap, fuss, heave, ruffle, shake, toss, toss about, toss around, toss up, tumble, twitter, wag, wave). (various references)

Swedish

svallvåg (backwash), svalla (flow, heave, Popple). (various references)

Turkish

taşma (ebullition, gush, outburst, outpour, outpouring, overflow, overflowing), kabarmak (arch, blister, bloat, bloat out, heave, puff, rise, roughen, swell, tumefy, upsurge, vesicate), kabarma (eruption, flow, ground swell, heave, heaving, intumescence, pulvinate, surging, swell, swelling, upheaval, uprising, upsurge, upthrust), inip çıkma, dev dalga (billow, breaker), dalgalanmak (balance, float, flourish, fluctuate, flutter, fly, ripple, ruffle, shiver, stream, undulate, wave, whip), dalgalanma (fluctuation, ripple, roll, ruffle, surging, sway, undulation), dalga dalga ilerlemek. (various references)

Ukrainian

велика хвиля (billow), наростати (accrue), нахлинути, море (blue, brine, deep, mare, sea, waves), брижі (ripple, ruffle), підніматися (ascend, climb, jump, lift, walk up, well). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sóng c�"n sự dấy lên, sóng (crest, wave), sự tr� o lên (heave, hove), sự dâng lên (rising). (various references)

Welsh

ymchwyddo (swell), ymchwydd (swelling), terfysgu (brawl, rage, riot), dygyfor (muster). (various references)

fluctibus, fluctuabat, fluctuantem, fluctuantes, fluctuate, fluctuatur, fluctui, fluctum, fluctus, fluctuum, surgere, unda. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "surge": surged, surgeon, surgeonfish, surgeonfishes, surgeons, surger, surgeries, surgers, surgery, surges. (additional references)

Words ending with "surge": resurge, upsurge. (additional references)

Words containing "surge": assurgent, chemosurgeries, chemosurgery, counterinsurgencies, counterinsurgency, counterinsurgent, counterinsurgents, cryosurgeon, cryosurgeons, cryosurgeries, cryosurgery, electrosurgeries, electrosurgery, insurgence, insurgences, insurgencies, insurgency, insurgent, insurgently, insurgents, microsurgeries, microsurgery, neurosurgeon, neurosurgeons, neurosurgeries, neurosurgery, presurgery, psychosurgeon, psychosurgeons, psychosurgeries, psychosurgery, resurged, resurgence, resurgences, resurgent, resurges, supersurgeon, supersurgeons, upsurged, upsurges. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Surge" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: durge, nurge, sagree, sarg, sarge, scurge, sergei, serger, Sergo, Sergt, sigre, sirge, slurger, snurge, soge, sorg, sorge, sourge, squrge, sreg, sudge, suge, suger, suget, sugge, sugre, sulge, surage, surg, surgen, surger, Surju, surve, survel, survex. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: grues, urges.

-1 letter: ergs, grue, regs, rues, rugs, ruse, suer, sure, urge, user.

-2 letters: erg, ers, reg, res, rue, rug, seg, ser, sue, use.

-3 letters: er, es, re, us.

+1 letter: argues, augers, erugos, gluers, grouse, gruels, grumes, gurges, gusher, lugers, purges, regius, rogues, rouges, rugose, sauger, spurge, surged, surger, surges, urgers.

+2 letters: aerugos, arguers, arguses, bedrugs, brogues, budgers, buggers, buglers, bulgers, burgees, burgers, burgess, burgles, desugar, drogues, drudges, figures, gaugers, gerunds, gesture, gougers, gourdes, groused, grouser, grouses, grudges, grumose, grunges, grushie, guesser, guiders, gulpers, gummers, gunners, gurgles, gurnets, gurneys, gurries, gurshes, gushers, gushier, gustier, gutsier, gutters, huggers, hungers, judgers, ligures, luggers, lungers, morgues, muggers, nudgers, pugrees, purgers, redbugs, refuges, reglues, regulus, repugns, resurge, reusing, rugbies, ruggers, saugers, scourge, scrouge, sevruga, slugger, smugger, snugger, splurge, spurges, sugared, surgeon, surgers, surgery, trudges, tuggers, upsurge, voguers.