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swell::verb | Spocien Dictionary

swell
verb
/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
verb
/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
verb
/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
noun
/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
noun
/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
verb
/swɛl/
come up, as of a liquid
Type Words
Synonyms well
Type of surface, come up, rise, rise up

swell::adjective | Spocien Dictionary

swell
adjective
/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
noun
/swɛl/
a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
Type Words
Type of crescendo

swell::noun | Spocien Dictionary

swell
noun
/swɛl/
a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
Type Words
Type of elevation, natural elevation

swell::verb | Spocien Dictionary

swell
verb
/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
verb
/swɛl/
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
Type Words
Type of increase


The music swelled to a crescendo.
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.