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verbexpand abnormallytype of:
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verbcome up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
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verbbecome filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
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nouna man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
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nounthe undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
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verbcome up, as of a liquid
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adjectivevery good
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nouna crescendo followed by a decrescendotype of:
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nouna rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)type of:
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verbcause to become swollentype of:
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verbincrease in size, magnitude, number, or intensitytype of:
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"