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swell
/swɛl/
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  1. verb
    expand abnormally
    "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

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    intumesce swell up tumefy tumesce
    type of:
    expand
  2. verb
    come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
    "Smoke swelled from it"

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    well up
  3. verb
    become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
    "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"

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    puff up
    type of:
    do act behave
  4. noun
    a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

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    beau clotheshorse dandy dude fashion plate fop gallant sheik
    type of:
    man adult male
  5. noun
    the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

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    crestless wave
    type of:
    wave moving ridge
  6. verb
    come up, as of a liquid

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    well
  7. adjective
    very good

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    bang-up bully corking cracking dandy great groovy keen neat nifty not bad old peachy slap-up smashing good
  8. noun
    a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
    type of:
    crescendo
  9. noun
    a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
  10. verb
    cause to become swollen
    "The water swells the wood"
    type of:
    grow
  11. verb
    increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
    "The music swelled to a crescendo"
    type of:
    increase
Examples of swell
  • "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
  • "Smoke swelled from it"
  • "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
  • "The water swells the wood"
  • "The music swelled to a crescendo"
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