swell

swell

S0943100 (swĕl)v. swelled, swelled or swol·len (swō′lən), swell·ing, swells v.intr.1. To increase in size or volume as a result of internal pressure; expand.2. a. To increase in force, size, number, or degree: Membership in the club swelled.b. To grow in loudness or intensity: "The din in front swelled to a tremendous chorus" (Stephen Crane).3. To bulge out, as a sail.4. a. To rise or extend above the surrounding level, as clouds.b. To rise in swells, as the sea.5. a. To be or become filled or puffed up, as with pride, arrogance, or anger.b. To rise from within: Rage swelled within me.v.tr.1. To cause to increase in volume, size, number, degree, or intensity: The governor's full public disclosure only swelled the chorus of protests.2. To fill with emotion.n.1. a. The act or process of swelling.b. The condition of being swollen.2. A swollen part; a bulge or protuberance.3. A long wave on water that moves continuously without breaking.4. A rise in the land; a rounded elevation.5. Informal One who is fashionably dressed or socially prominent: society swells.6. Music a. A crescendo followed by a gradual diminuendo.b. The sign indicating such a crescendo.c. A device on an instrument, such as an organ or harpsichord, for regulating volume.adj. swell·er, swell·est Informal 1. Fashionably elegant; stylish.2. Excellent; wonderful: had a swell time.

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[Middle English swellen, from Old English swellan.]

swell

(swɛl) vb, swells, swelling, swelled, swollen or swelled1. to grow or cause to grow in size, esp as a result of internal pressure. Compare contract¹, contract³2. to expand or cause to expand at a particular point or above the surrounding level; protrude3. to grow or cause to grow in size, amount, intensity, or degree: the party is swelling with new recruits. 4. to puff or be puffed up with pride or another emotion5. (Physical Geography) (intr) (of seas or lakes) to rise in waves6. (intr) to well up or overflow7. (Music, other) (tr) to make (a musical phrase) increase gradually in volume and then diminishn8. (Physical Geography) a. the undulating movement of the surface of the open seab. a succession of waves or a single large wave9. a swelling or being swollen; expansion10. an increase in quantity or degree; inflation11. a bulge; protuberance12. (Physical Geography) a gentle hill13. (Clothing & Fashion) informal a person who is very fashionably dressed14. informal a man of high social or political standing15. (Music, other) music a crescendo followed by an immediate diminuendo16. (Instruments) music a. a set of pipes on an organ housed in a box (swell box) fitted with a shutter operated by a pedal, which can be opened or closed to control the volumeb. the manual on an organ controlling this. Compare choir⁴, great²¹adj17. informal stylish or grand18. slang excellent; first-class[Old English swellan; related to Old Norse svella, Old Frisian swella, German schwellen]

swell

(swɛl)

v. swelled, swol•len swelled, swell•ing, v.i. 1. to enlarge in bulk, as by growth, absorption of fluid, or engorgement. 2. (of a body part or area) to enlarge abnormally without growth of tissue. 3. to rise in waves, as the sea. 4. to well up, as a spring or as tears. 5. to bulge out, as a sail. 6. to grow in amount, degree, force, etc. 7. to increase gradually in volume or intensity, as sound. 8. to arise and grow within one, as a feeling or emotion. 9. to become puffed up with pride. v.t. 10. to cause to grow in bulk. 11. to cause to increase gradually in loudness: to swell a musical tone. 12. to cause to bulge out or be protuberant. 13. to increase in amount, degree, force, etc. 14. to affect with a strong, expansive emotion. 15. to puff up with pride. n. 16. the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen. 17. inflation or distention. 18. a protuberant part. 19. a wave, esp. when long and unbroken, or a series of such waves. 20. a gradually rising elevation of the land. 21. an increase in amount, degree, force, etc. 22. a gradual increase in loudness of sound. 23. a. a gradual increase and then decrease in musical volume. b. the sign (<>) for indicating this. c. a device, as in an organ, by which the loudness of tones may be varied. 24. a swelling of emotion within one. 25. Informal. a. a fashionably dressed person; dandy. b. a socially prominent person. adj. Informal. 26. (of things) stylish; elegant. 27. (of persons) fashionably dressed or socially prominent. 28. first-rate; fine. [before 900; Middle English (v.), Old English swellan, c. Old Frisian swella, Old Saxon, Old High German swellan, Old Norse svella; akin to Gothic ufswalleins pride]

swell

Ocean waves that have traveled out of their fetch. Swell characteristically exhibits a more regular and longer period and has flatter crests than waves within their fetch.

swell

Past participle: swelled/swollen
Gerund: swelling

Imperative
swell
swell

Present
I swell
you swell
he/she/it swells
we swell
you swell
they swell

Preterite
I swelled
you swelled
he/she/it swelled
we swelled
you swelled
they swelled

Present Continuous
I am swelling
you are swelling
he/she/it is swelling
we are swelling
you are swelling
they are swelling

Present Perfect
I have swelled/swollen
you have swelled/swollen
he/she/it has swelled/swollen
we have swelled/swollen
you have swelled/swollen
they have swelled/swollen

Past Continuous
I was swelling
you were swelling
he/she/it was swelling
we were swelling
you were swelling
they were swelling

Past Perfect
I had swelled/swollen
you had swelled/swollen
he/she/it had swelled/swollen
we had swelled/swollen
you had swelled/swollen
they had swelled/swollen

Future
I will swell
you will swell
he/she/it will swell
we will swell
you will swell
they will swell

Future Perfect
I will have swelled/swollen
you will have swelled/swollen
he/she/it will have swelled/swollen
we will have swelled/swollen
you will have swelled/swollen
they will have swelled/swollen

Future Continuous
I will be swelling
you will be swelling
he/she/it will be swelling
we will be swelling
you will be swelling
they will be swelling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been swelling
you have been swelling
he/she/it has been swelling
we have been swelling
you have been swelling
they have been swelling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been swelling
you will have been swelling
he/she/it will have been swelling
we will have been swelling
you will have been swelling
they will have been swelling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been swelling
you had been swelling
he/she/it had been swelling
we had been swelling
you had been swelling
they had been swelling

Conditional
I would swell
you would swell
he/she/it would swell
we would swell
you would swell
they would swell

Past Conditional
I would have swelled/swollen
you would have swelled/swollen
he/she/it would have swelled/swollen
we would have swelled/swollen
you would have swelled/swollen
they would have swelled/swollen

swell

A long, symmetrical undulation of the surface of the sea.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swell - the undulating movement of the surface of the open seacrestless waveheavy swell, ground swell - a broad and deep undulation of the oceanmoving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
	2.	swell - a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)natural elevation, elevation - a raised or elevated geological formation
	3.	swell - a crescendo followed by a decrescendocrescendo - (music) a gradual increase in loudness
	4.	swell - a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearancedandy, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, dude, beau, clotheshorsecoxcomb, cockscomb - a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishmentsmacaroni - a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms; "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni"adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
Verb	1.	swell - increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"
	2.	swell - become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"puff upbehave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
	3.	swell - expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"swell up, tumesce, intumesce, tumefydistend - swell from or as if from internal pressure; "The distended bellies of the starving cows"expand - become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"belly, belly out - swell out or bulge outpuff out, puff up, puff, blow up - to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"bloat - become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"blister, vesicate - get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"
	4.	swell - come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"well uparise, originate, spring up, uprise, develop, grow, rise - come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
	5.	swell - come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up"wellrise up, surface, come up, rise - come to the surface
	6.	swell - cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"grow - cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard"bulk, bulge - cause to bulge or swell outwardstumefy - cause to become very swollenbloat - make bloated or swollen; "Hunger bloated the child's belly"
Adj.	1.	swell - very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, groovy, keen, great, neatcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechgood - having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"

swell

verb1. increase, rise, grow, mount, expand, surge, step up, accelerate, escalate, multiply, grow larger The human population swelled as migrants moved south.
increase fall, decrease, lessen, reduce, go down, diminish, wane, ebb2. expand, increase, grow, rise, extend, balloon, belly, enlarge, bulge, protrude, well up, billow, fatten, dilate, puff up, round out, be inflated, become larger, distend, bloat, tumefy, become bloated or distended The limbs swell to an enormous size.
expand contract, shrink, become smaller, deflate3. be filled, be full, be overcome, brim, overflow, be bursting She could see her two sons swell with pride.4. become louder, intensify, amplify, become loud, heighten Heavenly music swelled from nowhere.noun1. wave, rise, surge, billow, undulation the swell of the incoming tideadjective1. wonderful, excellent, superb, marvellous, topping (Brit. slang), sensational (informal), sovereign, awesome (slang), first-rate, brill (informal), out of this world (informal), the dog's bollocks (taboo slang) I've had a swell time.

swell

verbTo make or become greater or larger:aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, upsurge, wax.Informal: beef up.nounThe act of increasing or rising:aggrandizement, amplification, augment, augmentation, boost, buildup, enlargement, escalation, growth, hike, increase, jump, multiplication, proliferation, raise, rise, upsurge, upswing, upturn.adjective1. Informal. Exceptionally good of its kind:ace, banner, blue-ribbon, brag, capital, champion, excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, terrific, tiptop, top.Informal: A-one, bully, dandy, great, topflight, topnotch.Slang: boss.Chiefly British: tophole.2. Informal. Particularly excellent:divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, terrific, wonderful.Informal: dandy, dreamy, great, ripping, super, tremendous.Slang: cool, groovy, hot, keen, neat, nifty.Idiom: out of this world.

Translations

了不起增大汹涌漂亮的肿胀

swell

(swel) – past tense swelled: past participle swollen (ˈswoulən) – verb to make or become larger, greater or thicker. The insect-bite made her finger swell; The continual rain had swollen the river; I invited her to join us on the excursion in order to swell the numbers. 腫脹，增大 肿胀，增大 noun a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm. The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell. (浪濤的)洶湧 汹涌 adjective (especially American) used as a term of approval. a swell idea; That's swell! 了不起，漂亮的 了不起，漂亮的 ˈswelling noun a swollen area, especially on the body as a result of injury, disease etc. She had a swelling on her arm where the wasp had stung her. 腫脹 肿胀swollen (ˈswəulən) adjective increased in size, thickness etc, through swelling. a swollen river; He had a swollen ankle after falling down the stairs. 腫脹的 肿胀的ˌswollen-ˈheaded adjective too pleased with oneself; conceited. He's very swollen-headed about his success. 傲慢的 傲慢的swell out to (cause to) bulge. The sails swelled out in the wind. 鼓起 鼓起swell up (of a part of the body) to swell. The toothache made her face swell up. 腫起 肿起