swell | English to English Dictionary

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swell

(sw/E/l )

Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood.(adjective)

source: webster1913

the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea(noun.event)

Synonym:
crestless wave

source: wordnet30
a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)(noun.object)

source: wordnet30
a crescendo followed by a decrescendo(noun.attribute)

source: wordnet30
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance(noun.person)

Synonym:
beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik

source: wordnet30
The act of swelling.(noun)

source: webster1913

increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity(verb.change)

Example:
The music swelled to a crescendo.

source: wordnet30
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger(verb.social)

Example:
The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son.

Synonym:
puff up

source: wordnet30
expand abnormally(verb.change)

Example:
The bellies of the starving children are swelling.

Synonym:
intumesce, swell up, tumefy, tumesce

source: wordnet30
come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)(verb.stative)

Example:
Smoke swelled from it.

Synonym:
well up

source: wordnet30
come up, as of a liquid(verb.motion)

Synonym:
well

source: wordnet30
cause to become swollen(verb.change)

Example:
The water swells the wood.

source: wordnet30
To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.(verb)

source: webster1913
To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population.(verb)

source: webster1913