“surges” is a form of
surge
UK /sɜːd͡ʒ/ · US /sɝd͡ʒ/ noun, verb
Forms surges surging surged
- noun A sudden transient rush, flood or increase. “He felt a surge of excitement.”
- noun The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's forward/backward oscillation.
- noun (electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current. “A power surge at that generator created a blackout across the whole district.”
- noun (aviation) A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to disruption of the airflow entering the engine's air intake, accompanied by loud banging noises, emission of flame, and temporary loss of thrust.
- noun (nautical) The swell or heave of the sea.
- noun (US, naval, often attributive) A deployment in large numbers at short notice.
- noun The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
- verb (intransitive) To rush, flood, or increase suddenly. “Toaster sales surged last year.”
- verb To accelerate forwards, particularly suddenly. “A ship surges forwards, sways sideways and heaves up.”
- verb (intransitive, aviation, of a jet engine) 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.”
- verb (transitive, nautical) To slack off a line.
- noun (obsolete) A spring; a fountain.
Synonyms
torrent inrush rush spate upsurge billow heave soar soar up soar upwards zoom tide scend
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.
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”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun A spring; a fountain. [Obs.] "Divers surges and springs of water." Ld. Berners.
- noun A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.
- verb To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
- verb To slip along a windlass.
Etymology [L. surgere, surrectum, to raise, to rise; sub under + regere to direct: cf. OF. surgeon, sourgeon, fountain. See Regent, and cf. Insurrection, Sortie, Source.]
Etymology [Cf. F. surgir to cast anchor, to land. Cf. Surge, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “surge”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details