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swell

/ swell /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
Type of:
crescendo
verb Sense 2
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
"The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
Type of:
act behave do
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 3
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
"The music swelled to a crescendo"
Type of:
increase
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 4
cause to become swollen
"The water swells the wood"
Type of:
grow
Kinds of:
bulge bulk tumefy bloat
Causes:
swell up intumesce tumefy
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 5
expand abnormally
"The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
Type of:
expand
Kinds of:
distend belly belly out puff puff up
Derived:
tumefaction intumescence intumescency swelling puffiness
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun Sense 6
a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
Type of:
natural elevation elevation
noun Sense 7
the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
Type of:
wave moving ridge
Kinds of:
ground swell heavy swell
verb Sense 8
come up
"Tears well in her eyes"
Type of:
surface come up rise up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 9
as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things
"Strong emotions welled up"
"Smoke swelled from it"
Type of:
originate arise rise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
noun Sense 10
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
Type of:
man adult male
Kinds of:
coxcomb cockscomb macaroni Brummell George Bryan Brummell
Derived:
dandify
adjective satellite Sense 11
very good
"he did a bully job"
"a neat sports car"
"had a great time at the party"
"you look simply smashing"
Similar:
good
Domain:
colloquialism
Semantic Complexity
84%
Sense Count
11
Total Synonyms
1
Total Relationships
45
Times Searched
17
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Related Words

crescendo act behave do increase grow bulge bulk tumefy bloat expand distend