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- English Word Swell Definition To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
- English Word Swell Definition To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
- English Word Swell Definition To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
- English Word Swell Definition To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style.
- English Word Swell Definition To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.
- English Word Swell Definition To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- English Word Swell Definition To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
- English Word Swell Definition To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount.
- English Word Swell Definition To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big.
- English Word Swell Definition 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.
- English Word Swell Definition To aggravate; to heighten.
- English Word Swell Definition To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness.
- English Word Swell Definition To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note.
- English Word Swell Definition The act of swelling.
- English Word Swell Definition Gradual increase.
- English Word Swell Definition Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
- English Word Swell Definition Increase in height; elevation; rise.
- English Word Swell Definition Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound.
- English Word Swell Definition Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- English Word Swell Definition A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.
- English Word Swell Definition A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor.
- English Word Swell Definition A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.
- English Word Swell Definition A showy, dashing person; a dandy.
- English Word Swell Definition Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood.
- English Word Swelldom Definition People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.
- English Word Swelled Definition of Swell
- English Word Swelled Definition of Swell
- English Word Swellfish Definition Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon.
- English Word Swelling Definition of Swell
- English Word Swelling Definition The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.