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swell
(swĕl)v. swelled, swelled or swol·len (swō′lən), 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.
[Middle English swellen, from Old English swellan.]
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swell
(swɛl)vb, swells, swelling, swelled, swollen or swelled
1. to grow or cause to grow in size, esp as a result of internal pressure. Compare contract1, contract3
2. to expand or cause to expand at a particular point or above the surrounding level; protrude
3. to grow or cause to grow in size, amount, intensity, or degree: the party is swelling with new recruits.
4. to puff or be puffed up with pride or another emotion
5. (Physical Geography) (intr) (of seas or lakes) to rise in waves
6. (intr) to well up or overflow
7. (Music, other) (tr) to make (a musical phrase) increase gradually in volume and then diminish
n
8. (Physical Geography)
a. the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
b. a succession of waves or a single large wave
9. a swelling or being swollen; expansion
10. an increase in quantity or degree; inflation
11. a bulge; protuberance
12. (Physical Geography) a gentle hill
13. (Clothing & Fashion) informal a person who is very fashionably dressed
14. informal a man of high social or political standing
15. (Music, other) music a crescendo followed by an immediate diminuendo
adj
17. informal stylish or grand
18. slang excellent; first-class
[Old English swellan; related to Old Norse svella, Old Frisian swella, German schwellen]
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swell
(swɛl)v. swelled, swol•len swelled, swell•ing, v.i.
1. to enlarge in bulk, as by growth, absorption of fluid, or engorgement.
2. (of a body part or area) to enlarge abnormally without growth of tissue.
3. to rise in waves, as the sea.
4. to well up, as a spring or as tears.
5. to bulge out, as a sail.
6. to grow in amount, degree, force, etc.
7. to increase gradually in volume or intensity, as sound.
8. to arise and grow within one, as a feeling or emotion.
9. to become puffed up with pride.
v.t. 10. to cause to grow in bulk.
11. to cause to increase gradually in loudness: to swell a musical tone.
12. to cause to bulge out or be protuberant.
13. to increase in amount, degree, force, etc.
14. to affect with a strong, expansive emotion.
15. to puff up with pride.
n. 16. the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen.
17. inflation or distention.
18. a protuberant part.
19. a wave, esp. when long and unbroken, or a series of such waves.
20. a gradually rising elevation of the land.
21. an increase in amount, degree, force, etc.
22. a gradual increase in loudness of sound.
23.
a. a gradual increase and then decrease in musical volume.
b. the sign (<>) for indicating this.
c. a device, as in an organ, by which the loudness of tones may be varied.
24. a swelling of emotion within one.
25. Informal.
adj. Informal. a. a fashionably dressed person; dandy.
b. a socially prominent person.
26. (of things) stylish; elegant.
27. (of persons) fashionably dressed or socially prominent.
28. first-rate; fine.
[before 900; Middle English (v.), Old English swellan, c. Old Frisian swella, Old Saxon, Old High German swellan, Old Norse svella; akin to Gothic ufswalleins pride]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
swell
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.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
swell
Past participle: swelled/swollen
Gerund: swelling
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swell
A long, symmetrical undulation of the surface of the sea.
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| Noun | 1. |  swell - the undulating movement of the surface of the open seaheavy 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 appearancemacaroni - 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" | |
| 3. |  swell - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"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" 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" | |
| 4. | swell - come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" | |
| 5. |  swell - come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up" | |
| 6. | swell - cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood" grow - cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard" 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, surge, step up, accelerate, escalate, multiply, grow larger The human population swelled as migrants moved south.
increase fall, decrease, lessen, reduce, go down, diminish, wane, ebb
increase fall, decrease, lessen, reduce, go down, diminish, wane, ebb
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 The limbs swell to an enormous size.
expand contract, shrink, become smaller, deflate
expand contract, shrink, become smaller, deflate
noun
1. wave, rise, surge, billow, undulation the swell of the incoming tide
adjective
1. wonderful, excellent, superb, marvellous, topping (Brit. slang), sensational (informal), sovereign, awesome (slang), first-rate, brill (informal), out of this world (informal), the dog's bollocks (taboo slang) I've had a swell time.
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swell
verbnoun
The act of increasing or rising:
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Translations
إرْتِفاع البَحْر وانْخِفاضُهرائَع!يَنْتَفِخ، يَوْرَم، يَكْبُر، يَزيد
ohromnýotéctotékatrozvodnitvzdouvání
dønninggodherligøgesvulme
erinomainenmaininkipaisuaturvota
dagadduzzasztmegdagadmegduzzasztvihar utáni hullámzás
aldabólgna, òrútnafínn, frábær
ištinimaspatinęspatintipatvinęspatvinti
kolosālslieliskspietūktviļņiviļņošanās
rozvodniťvzdúvanie
oteči
svälla
fura
art makkabar makkabarmaşiş mek
swell
[swel] (swelled (vb: pt) (swollen (pp)))A. N
5. (o.f.) (= stylish man) → majo m; (= important man) → encopetado m
the swells → la gente bien, la gente de buen tono
the swells → la gente bien, la gente de buen tono
B. ADJ (US) (= fine, good) → fenomenal, bárbaro
we had a swell time → lo pasamos en grande
it's a swell place → es un sitio estupendo
we had a swell time → lo pasamos en grande
it's a swell place → es un sitio estupendo
C. VI
D. VT
1. (physically) → hinchar
to have a swollen hand → tener la mano hinchada
my ankle is very swollen → tengo el tobillo muy hinchado
her eyes were swollen with tears → tenía los ojos hinchados de lágrimas
the rains had swollen the river → las lluvias habían hecho crecer el río
the river is swollen → el río está crecido
you'll give him a swollen head → le vas a hacer que se lo crea
to have a swollen hand → tener la mano hinchada
my ankle is very swollen → tengo el tobillo muy hinchado
her eyes were swollen with tears → tenía los ojos hinchados de lágrimas
the rains had swollen the river → las lluvias habían hecho crecer el río
the river is swollen → el río está crecido
you'll give him a swollen head → le vas a hacer que se lo crea
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
swell
[ˈswɛl] vb [swelled] (pt) [swollen or swelled] (pp)
vi
(= increase) [population, crowd, bank balance, profits] → grossir
(= curve outwards) [sails] → se gonfler
[sound, music] → s'enfler
(= be filled) to swell with pride → être gonflé(e) d'orgueil
n [sea] → houle f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
swell
vb: pret <swelled>, ptp <swollen or swelled>n
(of sea) → Wogen nt no pl; (= wave) → Woge f; there was a heavy swell → es herrschte hoher Seegang or schwere See
adj
vt ankle, river, sound etc → anschwellen lassen; stomach → (auf)blähen; wood → (auf)quellen; sail → blähen; numbers, population → anwachsen lassen; sales → steigern; to be swollen with pride → stolzgeschwellt sein; your praise will only swell her head → dein Lob wird ihr nur zu Kopf steigen
vi
(ankle, arm, eye etc: also swell up) → (an)schwellen; (balloon, air bed, tyre) → sich füllen; to swell (up) with rage → vor Wut rot anlaufen; to swell (up) with pride → vor Stolz anschwellen; the children’s bellies had swollen with hunger → die Bäuche der Kinder waren vom Hunger (auf)gebläht
(river, lake, sound etc) → anschwellen; (sails: also swell out) → sich blähen; (wood) → quellen; (in size, number: population, debt etc) → anwachsen; the crowd swelled to 2000 → die Menschenmenge wuchs auf 2000 an; the cheers swelled to a roar → der Jubel schwoll zu einem Begeisterungssturm an; the debt had swollen to a massive sum → die Schuld war zu einer riesigen Summe angewachsen ? also swollen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
swell
[swɛl] (swelled (vb: pt) (swollen (pp)))1. n (of sea) → mare m lungo
3. vi (ankle, eye) (also swell up) → gonfiarsi; (sails) → prendere il vento; (in size, number) → aumentare; (sound, music) → diventare più forte; (river) → ingrossarsi
to swell with pride → gonfiarsi d'orgoglio
the cheers swelled to a roar → gli applausi si tramutarono in un boato
to swell with pride → gonfiarsi d'orgoglio
the cheers swelled to a roar → gli applausi si tramutarono in un boato
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
swell
(swel) – past tense swelled: past participle swollen (ˈswoulən) – verb 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.
noun a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm. The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell.
adjective (especially American) used as a term of approval. a swell idea; That's swell!
ˈswelling noun 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.
swollen (ˈswəulən) adjective increased in size, thickness etc, through swelling. a swollen river; He had a swollen ankle after falling down the stairs.
ˌswollen-ˈheaded adjective too pleased with oneself; conceited. He's very swollen-headed about his success.
swell out to (cause to) bulge. The sails swelled out in the wind.
swell up (of a part of the body) to swell. The toothache made her face swell up.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
swell
v. hinchar, abultar, entumecer, agrandar;
vr. hincharse, entumecerse, agrandarse.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
swell
vi (pret swelled; pp swelled o swollen) (también to — up) hincharse; Do your feet swell (up)?..¿Se le hinchan los pies?English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.