Understanding the meaning of swell

swell

/swɛl/

verb
expand abnormally
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"The bellies of the starving children are swelling"

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intumesce swell up tumefy tumesce

type of:
expand
verb
come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
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"Smoke swelled from it"

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well up

type of:
uprise rise originate spring up arise grow develop
verb
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
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"The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"

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puff up

type of:
do act behave
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
noun
the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
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crestless wave

type of:
wave moving ridge
verb
come up, as of a liquid
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well

type of:
surface come up rise rise up
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
noun
a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
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crescendo
noun
a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
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type of:
elevation natural elevation
verb
cause to become swollen
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"The water swells the wood"

type of:
grow
verb
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
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"The music swelled to a crescendo"

type of:
increase

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