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- DictionarySwell/swel/
verb
- 1. (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid: "her bruised knee was already swelling up"
noun
- 1. a full or gently rounded shape or form: "the soft swell of her breast"
- 2. a gradual increase in sound, amount, or intensity: "there was a swell of support in favor of him"
adjective
- 1. excellent; very good: informal, dated North American "you're looking swell"
adverb
- 1. excellently; very well: informal, dated North American "everything was just going swell"
The meaning of SWELL is to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit. How to use swell in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Swell.
to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth. Synonyms: expand, distend. Antonyms: contract. Pathology. to increase abnormally in size, as by inflation, distention, accumulation of fluids, or the like: Her ankles swelled from standing.
SWELL definition: 1. to become larger and rounder than usual; to (cause to) increase in size or amount: 2. If music…. Learn more.
SWELL meaning: 1. to become larger and rounder than usual; to (cause to) increase in size or amount: 2. If music…. Learn more.
You can use the word swell to describe what happens to an injured body part, like a black eye that swells up, or in a figurative way, to describe a feeling of fullness, like when your heart swells with pride at your sister's big music performance.
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.
A swell is the regular movement of waves up and down in the open sea. We bobbed gently up and down on the swell of the incoming tide. Synonyms: wave , rise , surge , billow More Synonyms of swell