swell
has definitions from the fields of music,geography
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[ verb ] increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
Examples "The music swelled to a crescendo" Related terms |
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[ verb ] become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
Synonyms Examples "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son" Used in print (Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)Nodding approvingly and swelling with importance , the old lady whispered confidentially . Related terms |
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[ verb ] expand abnormally
Examples "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" Used in print (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)Then he noticed that the dry wood of the wheels had swollen . (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)You laughed and then your chest swelled and you felt you could cry for a little bit , and then a feeling hit you like a chill in your stomach and the goose_bumps rippled along your arm . |
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[ noun ] the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
Synonyms Used in print (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The chevaux_de_frise , those sharp stakes and barriers around the fort at the Battery , pointed to a conflict between the town and sea_power rolling in glassy swells as the tide came_in . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (geography) a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
Used in print (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)At the first restaurant he sensibly pulled_up to go_in for his dinner , and as a consequence did not see Cobb strike the open range at the mouth of the canyon and head straight across the swells for Antler . His first glimpse of the ranch_house across the brushy swells told him nothing . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (music) a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
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[ adjective ] (informal) very good
Examples "a bully pulpit" "a neat sports car" "had a great time at the party" "you look simply smashing" Used in print (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)Pat took Eileen and me out to dinner at a swell steak_house and told us with tears in his eyes how happy he was we had come together again . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
Synonyms gallant dude clotheshorse sheik beau fashion_plate fop dandy Related terms |
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