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swell  (swl)

v. swelled, swelled or swol·len (swln), swell·ing, swells

v.intr.

1. To increase in size or volume as a result of internal pressure; expand.

2.

a. To increase in force, size, number, or degree: Membership in the club swelled.

b. To grow in loudness or intensity: "The din in front swelled to a tremendous chorus" Stephen Crane.

3. To bulge out, as a sail.

4.

a. To rise or extend above the surrounding level, as clouds.

b. To rise in swells, as the sea.

5.

a. To be or become filled or puffed up, as with pride, arrogance, or anger.

b. To rise from within: Rage swelled within me.

v.tr.

1. To cause to increase in volume, size, number, degree, or intensity: The governor's full public disclosure only swelled the chorus of protests.

2. To fill with emotion.

n.

1.

a. The act or process of swelling.

b. The condition of being swollen.

2. A swollen part; a bulge or protuberance.

3. A long wave on water that moves continuously without breaking.

4. A rise in the land; a rounded elevation.

5. Informal One who is fashionably dressed or socially prominent: society swells.

6. Music

a. A crescendo followed by a gradual diminuendo.

b. The sign indicating such a crescendo.

c. A device on an instrument, such as an organ or harpsichord, for regulating volume.

adj. swell·er, swell·est Informal

1. Fashionably elegant; stylish.

2. Excellent; wonderful: had a swell time.

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[Middle English swellen, from Old English swellan.]

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swell

Verb

[swelling, swelled; swollen] or swelled

1. (of a part of the body) to grow in size as a result of injury or infection: his face swelled and became pale

2. to increase in size as a result of being filled with air or liquid: a balloon swells if you force in more air

3. to grow or cause (something) to grow in size, numbers, amount, or degree: Israel's population is swelling

4. (of an emotion) to become more intense: his anger swelled within him

5. (of the seas) to rise in waves

6. (of a sound) to become gradually louder and then die away

Noun

1. the waving movement of the surface of the open sea

2. an increase in size, numbers, amount, or degree

3. a bulge

4. Old-fashioned, informal a person who is wealthy, upper class, and fashionably dressed

5. Music an increase in sound followed by an immediate dying away

Adjective

Slang, chiefly US excellent or fine [Old English swellan]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swell - the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea crestless wave heavy swell, ground swell - a broad and deep undulation of the ocean moving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
	2.	swell - a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) natural elevation, elevation - a raised or elevated geological formation
	3.	swell - a crescendo followed by a decrescendo crescendo - (music) a gradual increase in loudness
	4.	swell - a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance dandy, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, dude, beau, clotheshorse coxcomb, cockscomb - a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments macaroni - a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms; "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni" adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
Verb	1.	swell - increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo" increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"
	2.	swell - become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son" puff up behave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
	3.	swell - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" swell up, tumesce, intumesce, tumefy distend - swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows" expand - become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly" belly, belly out - swell out or bulge out puff out, puff up, puff, blow up - to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests" bloat - become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated" blister, vesicate - get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"
	4.	swell - come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" well up arise, originate, spring up, uprise, develop, grow, rise - come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
	5.	swell - come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up" well rise up, surface, come up, rise - come to the surface
	6.	swell - cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood" grow - cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard" bulk, bulge - cause to bulge or swell outwards tumefy - cause to become very swollen bloat - make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly"
Adj.	1.	swell - very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, groovy, keen, great, neat colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech good - having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"

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swell

verb 1. increase, rise, grow, mount, expand, accelerate, escalate, multiply, grow larger << OPPOSITE decrease

verb 2. expand, increase, grow, rise, extend, balloon, belly, enlarge, bulge, protrude, well up, billow, fatten, dilate, puff up, round out, be inflated, become larger, distend, bloat, tumefy, become bloated or distended << OPPOSITE shrink

noun 3. wave, rise, surge, billow

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Ocean waves that have traveled out of their fetch. Swell characteristically exhibits a more regular and longer period and has flatter crests than waves within their fetch.

Translations

swell [swɛl] [pt swelled, pp swollen or swelled] n [of sea] → marejada, oleaje m

adj (US) (col) (= excellent); estupendo, fenomenal

vt → hinchar, inflar

vi → hincharse, inflarse

swell [swɛl] [swelled , pt , swollen or swelled , pp ] [ˈswəulən] n [of sea] → houle f

adj (US) (inf) (= excellent); chouette

vt (= increase) → grossir, augmenter

vi (= increase) → grossir, augmenter; [sound] → s'enfler;

(Med) (also: swell up) → enfler

swell [swɛl] [swelled , pt , swollen or swelled , pp ] n → Seegang m

adj (US) (inf) → toll, prima

vi (increase) → anwachsen;

(sound) → anschwellen;

(feeling) → stärker werden;

(also: swell up) → anschwellen

swell [swɛl] n [of sea] → mare m lungo

adj (col) (= excellent); favoloso/a

vb [pt swelled, pp swollen, swelled] [ˈswəulən]

vt → gonfiare, ingrossare [+ numbers, sales etc]; aumentare

vi → gonfiarsi, ingrossarsi; [sound] → crescere;

(MED) → gonfiarsi

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swell

v swell [swel]

to make or become larger, greater or thicker The insect-bite made her finger swell; The continual rain had swollen the river; I invited her to join us on the excursion in order to swell the numbers.vermeerder, opswel, verswelيَنْتَفِخ، يَوْرَم، يَكْبُر، يَزيدувеличавам (се)otékat; rozvodnit, zvětšitsvulme; øge(an)schwellen (lassen)πρήζω, (παρα)φουσκώνωhinchar(se), inflar(se)paistetama, paisuma, paisutamaورم كردنturvota, paisuttaaenfler, gonflerלְהִתנַפֵּחसूजना, फूलना, उठना, उमड़ पड़ना, फूल जानाoticati, uvećati(meg)duzzaszt; (meg)dagadmembengkakbólgna, þrútnagonfiare, gonfiarsi; aumentareふくれる부풀다; 증대시키다tinti, patvinti, padidintipietūkt; palielināt; palielinātiesmembengkak; menambahzwellensvulme (opp); (for)øke, voksepuchnąć, podnieść (poziom, liczbę)dilatar(-se)a um­flaопухать; вздувать(ся);увеличиватьopuchnúť; rozvodniť; posilniťnarasti, otečipovećati[] svälla (svullna), utökaทำให้บวมşiş(ir)mek, art(tır)mak; kabar(t)mak腫脹，增大надимати(ся); роздуватисяپھول جانا یا ورم آناphồng lên, to lên, căng ra肿胀，增大

n

a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell.deiningإرْتِفاع البَحْر وانْخِفاضُهмъртво вълнениеvzdouvánídønningdie Dünungφουσκοθαλασσιάmarejada, oleajeummiklainetusتلاطمmainingithouleגִיבּוּעसूजनtalasanje, bibavica(vihar utáni) hullámzásombak(undir)alda(moto ondoso)うねり(파도의) 넘실거림, 너울bangavimasviļņošanās; viļņimenggunungdeiningdønningfalaondulaçãohulăзыбьvzdúvanievalovanjetalasanjevågsvall, dyningคลื่นขนาดใหญ่kabarma浪湧хвилювання, брижіسمندر کا اتار چڑھاؤsóng biển động, sóng cồn浪涌

adj

(especially American) used as a term of approval a swell idea; That's swell!oulikرائَع!превъзходенohromnýherlig; godprimaθαυμάσιοςestupendo, bárbaro, formidablevahvaعاليkivaépatantמְצוּיָןबड़ा अच्छाsjajan, izvanredanpompásbagusfínn, frábæreccellente, ottimoすばらしい?찬성·시인하는 말? 멋진, 훌륭한puikus, šaunuslielisks; kolosālsbagusgeweldigalle tiders, flott!świetny, klawyformidávelnemaipomenitшикарныйohromnýimenitensjajanstrålande, toppenทันสมัยçok iyi/güzel了不起，漂亮的відмінний; чудовийبہت اچھاtốt, hợp thời trang了不起，漂亮的

n ˈswelling

a swollen area, especially on the body as a result of injury, disease etc She had a swelling on her arm where the wasp had stung her.opswellingإنْتِفاخ الجِلْدиздутotokhævelse; buledie Schwellungπρήξιμοhinchazón, tumefacciónpaistetusورمturvotusenflureנְפִיחוּתमहातरंग, सूजन, फुलाव, वृद्धि बढ़ाव, स्फीति, चढ़ाई, उभार, उभाड़oteklina, nabreklinaduzzanatpembengkakanbólga, þrotigonfioreはれもの부기, 종기patinimas, ištinimaspietūkums; uztūkumsbengkakopzwellinghevelse, kulobrzękinchaçoumflare; umflăturăопухоль; припухлостьopuch(lina)oteklinaotoksvullnadการพอง; การบวมşiş, şişlik腫脹опух; набряканняگومڑ یا ورمsự sưng lên, chỗ tấy lên肿胀

adj swollen [ˈswəulən]

increased in size, thickness etc, through swelling a swollen river; He had a swollen ankle after falling down the stairs.opgeswelمُنْتَفِخ، وارِمподутrozvodněný; oteklýopsvulmet; hævet(an)geschwollenπρησμένοςhinchadopaisunud, paistetanudورم كردهturvonnutenfléנָפוּחफूला हुआ, सूजा हुआnateknutduzzadt; (meg)dagadtmembengkakbólginn, þrútinn, útblásinngonfioふくれた부풀어오른, 물이 불은patinęs, patvinęspietūcis; uztūcisbengkakgezwollenoppsvulmet, hovenwezbrany, spuchniętyinchadoumflatвздутый; распухшийrozvodnený; opuchnutýnarasel; otekelotekaosvälld, svullenที่พองตัวşişmiş, şişik漲起的，腫脹的роздутий; опухлийسوجنsưng phồng, phình raa涨起的，肿胀的

adj ˌswollen-ˈheaded

too pleased with oneself; conceited He's very swollen-headed about his success.verwaandمُتَفاخِر، مَنْفوخ، مُتَباهٍнадмененnafoukanýopblæsteingebildetπου έχουν πάρει τα μυαλά του αέρα, ξιπασμένοςcreído, vanidoso, engreídoennasttäisاز خود راضي بودنomahyväinenprétentieux/-euseיָהִירदंभी अभिमानnadut, uobraženönteltbesar kepalahrokafullur; sjálfumglaðurpresuntuoso思い上った자만에 빠진, 우쭐한pasipūtęsiedomīgs; piepūtiesbesar kepalaverwaandoppblåst, blæretzarozumiałyconvencidopretenţiosзазнавшийсяnafúkanýnapihnjenuobraženuppblåst, stöddigที่ยโสอวดดี; ที่เย่อหยิ่งทรนงkibirli, gururlu傲慢的зарозумілийاپنے آپ سے بہت خوش ہوناkiêu căng傲慢的

swell out

to (cause to) bulge The sails swelled out in the wind.uitdyيَبْرُزُ، يَعْلوдеформирам сеvzdouvat (se)bølgesich blähenφουσκώνωinflar(se)paisuma, pungi ajamaايجاد ورمpullistua, pullistaa(se) gonflerלְנַפֵּחउभरनाnadimati se, napuhnuti se(meg)dagad (vitorla)menggembungbunga útgonfiarsiふくらむ부풀(리)다, 불룩해지다išsipūstipiepūst; izspīlēt; piepūsties; izspīlētiesmenggelembungbollensvulme opp, bule utnadymać sięenfunara se umflaраздуватьсяvzdúvať (sa)napetilepršatisvälla (bukta) utทำให้บวมขึ้นşişmek鼓起надуватисяابھار پیدا ہوناcăng ra鼓起

swell up

(of a part of the body) to swell The toothache made her face swell up.opswelيَنْتَفِخ، يَتَوَرَّمподувам сеopuchnouthæveschwellenπρήζομαιhinchar(se), abultarse(üles) paistetamaورم كردنpaisuaenflerלְהִתנַפֵּחसूजन होनाnatećifeldagadmembengkakbólgna upp, tútna útgonfiarsiはれさせる부어오르다patintiuztūktbengkakopzwellenhovne oppspuchnąćinchara se umflaраспухатьopuchnúťotečiotećisvälla uppทำให้บวมขึ้นşişmek腫起напухнутиجسم کے کسی حصے کا پھول جاناsưng lên肿起