VERB | change | swell | increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity |
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social | swell, puff up | become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger | |
change | swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce | expand abnormally | |
stative | swell, well up | come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things) | |
motion | swell, well | come up, as of a liquid | |
change | swell | cause to become swollen | |
NOUN | event | swell, crestless wave | the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea |
object | swell | a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) | |
attribute | swell | a crescendo followed by a decrescendo | |
person | swell, dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, fashion plate, clotheshorse | a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | |
ADJECTIVE | all | swell, bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, old | very good |
Sounds | sweh'l | |
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Rhymes | Aix-la-Chapelle ... zinfandel / Zinfandel: 95 rhymes with ehl... |
Meaning | Very good. | |
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Synonyms | bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, old | |
Broader | good | Having desirable / desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified |
Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
Spanish | bárbaro, bestial, brutal, chachi, enorme, fenomenal, genial, gran, guay, súper | |
Catalan | bestial, brutal, enorme, excel·lent, fantàstic, fenomenal, genial, gran, guai, súper |
Meaning | The undulating movement of the surface of the open sea. | |
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Synonym | crestless wave | |
Narrower | ground swell, heavy swell | A broad and deep undulation of the ocean |
Broader | wave, moving ridge | One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid / liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
Spanish | marejada, oleaje, tumefacción | |
Catalan | marejada, marejol |
Meaning | A rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor). | |
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Broader | natural elevation, elevation | A raised or elevated geological formation |
Spanish | crecida, oleada |
Meaning | A crescendo followed by a decrescendo. | |
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Broader | crescendo | (music) a gradual increase / increase / increase / increase in loudness |
Meaning | A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance. | |
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Synonyms | dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, fashion plate, clotheshorse | |
Instances | Brummell, George Bryan Brummell, Beau Brummell | English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840) |
Narrower | coxcomb, cockscomb | A conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments |
macaroni | A British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms | |
Broader | man, adult male | An adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) |
Spanish | boquirrubio, currutaco, dandi, dandy, figurín, galán, gomoso, guapo, lindo, narciso, petimetre, pinturero, pisaverde | |
Catalan | bufanúvols, dandi, galà, gomós, petimetre |
Meaning | increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Example | "The music swelled to a crescendo" | |
Broader | increase | Become bigger or greater in amount |
Spanish | aumentar, subir | |
Catalan | augmentar, pujar |
Meaning | Become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son" | |
Synonym | puff up | |
Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
Spanish | hincharse |
Meaning | Expand abnormally. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Model | Did his feet swell? | |
Example | "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" | |
Synonyms | swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce | |
Caused by | swell | Cause to become swollen |
Narrower | belly, belly out | Swell out or bulge out |
blister, vesicate | Get blistered | |
bloat | Become bloated or swollen or puff up | |
distend | Swell from or as if from internal pressure | |
puff, puff up, blow up, puff out | To swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" | |
Broader | expand | Become larger / larger in size or volume or quantity |
Spanish | agrandarse, dilatarse, expandirse, hincharse, inflamarse, inflarse | |
Catalan | dilatar-se, inflar-se | |
Nouns | swelling | an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement |
Meaning | come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things). | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Example | "Smoke swelled from it" | |
Synonym | well up | |
Broader | originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow | Come into existence |
Spanish | brotar, manar | |
Catalan | brollar, rajar |
Meaning | come up, as of a liquid. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
Synonym | well | |
Broader | surface, come up, rise up, rise | Come to the surface |
Spanish | brotar, hincharse, manar | |
Catalan | rajar |
Meaning | Cause to become swollen. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "The water swells the wood" | |
Cause to | swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce | Expand abnormally |
Narrower | bloat | make bloated or swollen |
bulge, bulk | Cause to bulge or swell outwards | |
tumefy | Cause to become very swollen | |
Broader | grow | Cause to grow or develop |
Spanish | abultar, hinchar | |
Catalan | botir, inflar |
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