Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)surge, upsurgea sudden or abrupt strong increase“stimulated a surge of speculation”,
“an upsurge of emotion”,
“an upsurge in violent crime” Verbs
(v)billow, surge, heaverise and move, as in waves or billows“The army surged forward” (v)tide, surgerise or move forward“surging waves” (v)scend, surgerise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave“the boats surged” (v)surgesee one's performance improve“He levelled the score and then surged ahead”