French language

How to pronounce swell in French?

Toggle Transcript

swell::verb | Spocien Dictionary

swell

/swɛl/

expand abnormally

Type	Words
Synonyms	intumesce, swell up, tumefy, tumesce
Type of	expand
Has types	puff out, vesicate, belly out, distend, belly, puff, blow up, puff up, blister, bloat
Derivation	swelling

The bellies of the starving children are swelling.

swell::verb | Spocien Dictionary

swell

/swɛl/

come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)

Type	Words
Synonyms	well up
Type of	uprise, rise, originate, spring up, arise, grow, develop

Smoke swelled from it.

swell::verb | Spocien Dictionary

swell

/swɛl/

become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

Type	Words
Synonyms	puff up
Type of	do, act, behave

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

swell::noun | Spocien Dictionary

swell

/swɛl/

a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

Type	Words
Synonyms	beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik
Type of	man, adult male
Has types	coxcomb, cockscomb, macaroni

swell::noun | Spocien Dictionary

swell

/swɛl/

the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea

Type	Words
Synonyms	crestless wave
Type of	wave, moving ridge
Has types	ground swell, heavy swell

swell::verb | Spocien Dictionary

swell

/swɛl/

come up, as of a liquid

Type	Words
Synonyms	well
Type of	surface, come up, rise, rise up

swell::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

swell

/swɛl/

very good

Type	Words
Synonyms	bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, old, peachy, slap-up, smashing

swell::noun | Spocien Dictionary

swell

/swɛl/

a crescendo followed by a decrescendo

Type	Words
Type of	crescendo

swell::noun | Spocien Dictionary

swell

/swɛl/

a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)

Type	Words
Type of	elevation, natural elevation

swell::verb | Spocien Dictionary

swell

/swɛl/

cause to become swollen

Type	Words
Type of	grow
Has types	bulk, bloat, bulge, tumefy

The water swells the wood.

swell::verb | Spocien Dictionary

swell

/swɛl/

increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity

Type	Words
Type of	increase

The music swelled to a crescendo.