swell

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, verswel يَنْتَفِخ، يَوْرَم، يَكْبُر، يَزيد увеличавам (се) otékat; rozvodnit, zvětšit svulme; øge (an)schwellen (lassen) πρήζω, (παρα)φουσκώνω hinchar(se), inflar(se) paistetama, paisuma, paisutama ورم كردن turvota, paisuttaa enfler, gonfler לְהִתנַפֵּח सूजना, फूलना, उठना, उमड़ पड़ना, फूल जाना oticati, uvećati (meg)duzzaszt; (meg)dagad membengkak bólgna, þrútna gonfiare, gonfiarsi; aumentare ふくれる 부풀다; 증대시키다 tinti, patvinti, padidinti pietūkt; palielināt; palielināties membengkak; menambah zwellen svulme (opp); (for)øke, vokse puchnąć, podnieść (poziom, liczbę) dilatar(-se) a um­fla опухать; вздувать(ся);увеличивать opuchnúť; rozvodniť; posilniť narasti, oteči povećati [] svälla (svullna), utöka ทำให้บวม şiş(ir)mek, art(tır)mak; kabar(t)mak 腫脹，增大 надимати(ся); роздуватися پھول جانا یا ورم آنا phồng 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. deining إرْتِفاع البَحْر وانْخِفاضُه мъртво вълнение vzdouvání dønning die Dünung φουσκοθαλασσιά marejada, oleaje ummiklainetus تلاطم mainingit houle גִיבּוּע सूजन talasanje, bibavica (vihar utáni) hullámzás ombak (undir)alda (moto ondoso) うねり (파도의) 넘실거림, 너울 bangavimas viļņošanās; viļņi menggunung deining dønning fala ondulação hulă зыбь vzdúvanie valovanje talasanje vågsvall, dyning คลื่นขนาดใหญ่ kabarma 浪湧 хвилювання, брижі سمندر کا اتار چڑھاؤ sóng biển động, sóng cồn 浪涌

adj

(especially American) used as a term of approval a swell idea; That's swell! oulik رائَع! превъзходен ohromný herlig; god prima θαυμάσιος estupendo, bárbaro, formidable vahva عالي kiva épatant מְצוּיָן बड़ा अच्छा sjajan, izvanredan pompás bagus fínn, frábær eccellente, ottimo すばらしい ?찬성·시인하는 말? 멋진, 훌륭한 puikus, šaunus lielisks; kolosāls bagus geweldig alle tiders, flott! świetny, klawy formidável nemaipomenit шикарный ohromný imeniten sjajan strålande, toppen ทันสมัย çok iyi/güzel 了不起，漂亮的 відмінний; чудовий بہت اچھا tốt, 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. opswelling إنْتِفاخ الجِلْد издут otok hævelse; bule die Schwellung πρήξιμο hinchazón, tumefacción paistetus ورم turvotus enflure נְפִיחוּת महातरंग, सूजन, फुलाव, वृद्धि बढ़ाव, स्फीति, चढ़ाई, उभार, उभाड़ oteklina, nabreklina duzzanat pembengkakan bólga, þroti gonfiore はれもの 부기, 종기 patinimas, ištinimas pietūkums; uztūkums bengkak opzwelling hevelse, kul obrzęk inchaço umflare; umflătură опухоль; припухлость opuch(lina) oteklina otok svullnad การพอง; การบวม şiş, şişlik 腫脹 опух; набрякання گومڑ یا ورم sự 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. opgeswel مُنْتَفِخ، وارِم подут rozvodněný; oteklý opsvulmet; hævet (an)geschwollen πρησμένος hinchado paisunud, paistetanud ورم كرده turvonnut enflé נָפוּח फूला हुआ, सूजा हुआ nateknut duzzadt; (meg)dagadt membengkak bólginn, þrútinn, útblásinn gonfio ふくれた 부풀어오른, 물이 불은 patinęs, patvinęs pietūcis; uztūcis bengkak gezwollen oppsvulmet, hoven wezbrany, spuchnięty inchado umflat вздутый; распухший rozvodnený; opuchnutý narasel; otekel otekao svälld, svullen ที่พองตัว şişmiş, şişik 漲起的，腫脹的 роздутий; опухлий سوجن sưng 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. verwaand مُتَفاخِر، مَنْفوخ، مُتَباهٍ надменен nafoukaný opblæst eingebildet που έχουν πάρει τα μυαλά του αέρα, ξιπασμένος creído, vanidoso, engreído ennasttäis از خود راضي بودن omahyväinen prétentieux/-euse יָהִיר दंभी अभिमान nadut, uobražen öntelt besar kepala hrokafullur; sjálfumglaður presuntuoso 思い上った 자만에 빠진, 우쭐한 pasipūtęs iedomīgs; piepūties besar kepala verwaand oppblåst, blæret zarozumiały convencido pretenţios зазнавшийся nafúkaný napihnjen uobražen uppblåst, stöddig ที่ยโสอวดดี; ที่เย่อหยิ่งทรนง kibirli, gururlu 傲慢的 зарозумілий اپنے آپ سے بہت خوش ہونا kiêu căng 傲慢的

swell out

to (cause to) bulge The sails swelled out in the wind. uitdy يَبْرُزُ، يَعْلو деформирам се vzdouvat (se) bølge sich blähen φουσκώνω inflar(se) paisuma, pungi ajama ايجاد ورم pullistua, pullistaa (se) gonfler לְנַפֵּח उभरना nadimati se, napuhnuti se (meg)dagad (vitorla) menggembung bunga út gonfiarsi ふくらむ 부풀(리)다, 불룩해지다 išsipūsti piepūst; izspīlēt; piepūsties; izspīlēties menggelembung bollen svulme opp, bule ut nadymać się enfunar a se umfla раздуваться vzdúvať (sa) napeti lepršati svälla (bukta) ut ทำให้บวมขึ้น şişmek 鼓起 надуватися ابھار پیدا ہونا căng ra 鼓起

swell up

(of a part of the body) to swell The toothache made her face swell up. opswel يَنْتَفِخ، يَتَوَرَّم подувам се opuchnout hæve schwellen πρήζομαι hinchar(se), abultarse (üles) paistetama ورم كردن paisua enfler לְהִתנַפֵּח सूजन होना nateći feldagad membengkak bólgna upp, tútna út gonfiarsi はれさせる 부어오르다 patinti uztūkt bengkak opzwellen hovne opp spuchnąć inchar a se umfla распухать opuchnúť oteči oteći svälla upp ทำให้บวมขึ้น şişmek 腫起 напухнути جسم کے کسی حصے کا پھول جانا sưng lên 肿起