English dictionary

swell

/sw/E/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

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

adjective

Source: webster1913

the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

noun.event

Synonyms crestless wave

Source: WordNet 3.0
a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)

noun.object

Source: WordNet 3.0
a crescendo followed by a decrescendo

noun.attribute

Source: WordNet 3.0
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

noun.person

Synonyms beau clotheshorse dandy dude fashion plate fop gallant sheik

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act of swelling.

noun

Source: webster1913

increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity

verb.change

Examples
The music swelled to a crescendo.

Source: WordNet 3.0
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

verb.social

Examples
The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son.

Synonyms puff up

Source: WordNet 3.0
expand abnormally

verb.change

Examples
The bellies of the starving children are swelling.

Synonyms intumesce swell up tumefy tumesce

Source: WordNet 3.0
come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)

verb.stative

Examples
Smoke swelled from it.

Synonyms well up

Source: WordNet 3.0
come up, as of a liquid

verb.motion

Synonyms well

Source: WordNet 3.0
cause to become swollen

verb.change

Examples
The water swells the wood.

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

verb

Source: webster1913
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.

verb

Source: webster1913