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# surge

«surge» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sudden, strong rush forward of water, people or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a surge, surges); verb (surge, surges, surged, surging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A surge is a sudden, strong rush forward of water, people or something else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surge/#m1)

2) A surge is a sudden increase, like a surge of energy or a surge in prices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surge/#m2)

3) To surge is to move forward or rise suddenly and powerfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surge/#m3)

4) A power surge is a sudden jump in electricity that can damage machines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surge/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and safety lessons, a storm surge is when strong winds push sea water high onto land, causing floods. In science, a power surge can damage computers, so people use surge protectors. In stories, crowds «surge forward» and feelings «surge» through a character. Phrases: «storm surge», «power surge», «a surge of anger».

### examples

- The crowd surged towards the stage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surge/#x1)
- A huge wave surged over the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surge/#x2)
- The storm surge flooded the streets by the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surge/#x3)
- She felt a surge of excitement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surge/#x4)
- There was a surge in visitors at the zoo in the holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surge/#x5)
- A power surge broke our television. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surge/#x6)
- The river surged after the heavy rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surge/#x7)
- Our team surged ahead in the second half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surge/#x8)
- From those dark-green surges there gaped at him monstrous and cavernous jaws; and round, wicked, red-rimmed, bulging eyes stared fixedly at the boat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surge/#x9)

### note

Countable noun: a surge, surges. Past form: surged. Do not confuse with «serge», a kind of cloth, which sounds the same. Safety: when a storm surge is warned, move away from the coast.

### In the corpora

- [A storm surge is sea water pushed onto the coast by a hurricane's winds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/68-storms-and-wild-winds/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «surge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.