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swell
Found in thesaurus: wave, natural elevation, adult male, increase, behave, develop, arise, rise, originate, come up
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swell
v.
increase in volume, expand, inflate; increase in intensity or amount; well up, rise up; bulge, protrude; become vain, puff up with vanity; cause to expand or increase; cause to protrude
adj.
(Informal) amazing, excellent, great; stylish, fashionable
n.
act of swelling, distention; swollen part, protuberance; gradual increase; surge of feeling or emotion; (of an ocean, sea or lake) long unbroken wave, series of surface gravity waves that is not creaed by the local wind.; elevation of land, slope; crescendo followed by a diminuendo (Music)
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Swell
Swell may refer to:
- Swell, another name for a geographic hillock
- Swell (ocean), a formation of long wavelength ocean surface waves
- Swell Radio, a radio streaming application.
- Swell (band), an indie rock band from San Francisco
- Swell, Gloucestershire, England
- Swell (bookbinding), a term in bookbinding
- S'well, reusable water bottle company
- Expression pedal, a control found on many organs and synthesizers, also called a swell box or swell pedal
- Swell, another word for a fop, dandy, popinjay, or maccaroni (fashion)
- Swell, a slang term for "good", "cool", or "nifty"
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swell
Noun
1. the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
(synonym) crestless wave
(hypernym) wave, moving ridge
(hyponym) ground swell, heavy swell
2. a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
(hypernym) natural elevation, elevation
3. a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
(hypernym) crescendo
4. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
(synonym) dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, fashion plate, clotheshorse
(hypernym) man, adult male
(hyponym) coxcomb, cockscomb
Verb
1. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"
(hypernym) increase
2. become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
(synonym) puff up
(hypernym) act, behave, do
3. expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
(synonym) swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
(hypernym) expand
(hyponym) distend
(derivation) swelling, puffiness, lump
4. as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things; "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"
(synonym) well up
(hypernym) originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
5. come up; "Tears well in her eyes"
(synonym) well
(hypernym) surface, come up, rise up, rise
6. cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"
(hypernym) grow
(hyponym) bulge, bulk
(cause) swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
Adjective
1. very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
(synonym) bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, smashing
(similar) good
(classification) colloquialism
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swell
v.
otéct; vzedmout (se); zvětšit (se); kypět; sílit
n.
vlnění
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swell
Czas.
puchnąć, wzbierać; przybierać; powiększać się; wzmagać się; przybierać na sile
Rzecz.
(łagodne) falowanie morza
