swell

v. increase in volume, expand, inflate; increase in intensity or amount; well up, rise up; bulge, protrude; become vain, puff up with vanity; cause to expand or increase; cause to protrude

adj. (Informal) amazing, excellent, great; stylish, fashionable

n. act of swelling, distention; swollen part, protuberance; gradual increase; surge of feeling or emotion; long unbroken wave; elevation of land, slope; crescendo followed by a diminuendo (Music)

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Noun
1. the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
(synonym) crestless wave
(hypernym) wave, moving ridge
(hyponym) ground swell, heavy swell
2. a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
(hypernym) natural elevation, elevation
3. a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
(hypernym) crescendo
4. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
(synonym) dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, fashion plate, clotheshorse
(hypernym) man, adult male
(hyponym) coxcomb, cockscomb
Verb
1. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"
(hypernym) increase
2. become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
(synonym) puff up
(hypernym) act, behave, do
3. expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
(synonym) swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
(hypernym) expand
(hyponym) distend
(derivation) swelling, puffiness, lump
4. as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things; "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"
(synonym) well up
(hypernym) originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
5. come up; "Tears well in her eyes"
(synonym) well
(hypernym) surface, come up, rise up, rise
6. cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"
(hypernym) grow
(hyponym) bulge, bulk
(cause) swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
Adjective
1. very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
(synonym) bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, smashing
(similar) good
(classification) colloquialism

(a.)
Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood.
  

(n.)
A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.
  

(n.)
A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.
  

(n.)
A showy, dashing person; a dandy.
  

(n.)
A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor.
  

(n.)
Gradual increase.
  

(n.)
Increase in height; elevation; rise.
  

(n.)
Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound.
  

(n.)
Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
  

(n.)
Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
  

(n.)
The act of swelling.
  

(v. i.)
To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big.
  

(v. i.)
To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
  

(v. i.)
To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
  

(v. i.)
To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
  

(v. i.)
To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style.
  

(v. i.)
To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount.
  

(v. i.)
To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.
  

(v. i.)
To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
  

(v. i.)
To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish.
  

(v. i.)
To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.
  

(v. i.)
To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
  

(v. t.)
To aggravate; to heighten.
  

(v. t.)
To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note.
  

(v. t.)
To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population.
  

(v. t.)
To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness.
  

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