| VERB | change | swell | increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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