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swell


Adjective
  • very good
    • he did a bully job
    • a neat sports car
    • had a great time at the party
    • you look simply smashing

Noun
  • a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
  • a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
  • a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
  • the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

Verb
  • cause to become swollen
    • The water swells the wood
  • come up, as of a liquid
    • Tears well in her eyes
    • the currents well up
  • come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
    • Strong emotions welled up
    • Smoke swelled from it
  • expand abnormally
    • The bellies of the starving children are swelling
  • become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
    • The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son
  • increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
    • The music swelled to a crescendo

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