| swell | | |
| n. (event) | 1. crestless wave, swell | the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea. |
| ~ heavy swell, ground swell | a broad and deep undulation of the ocean. |
| ~ moving ridge, wave | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water). |
| n. (object) | 2. swell | a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor). |
| ~ natural elevation, elevation | a raised or elevated geological formation. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. swell | a crescendo followed by a decrescendo. |
| ~ crescendo | (music) a gradual increase in loudness. |
| n. (person) | 4. beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell | a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance. |
| ~ 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.; "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" |
| ~ beau brummell, brummell, george bryan brummell | English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840). |
| v. (change) | 5. 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" |
| v. (social) | 6. puff up, swell | become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger.; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son" |
| ~ behave, 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" |
| v. (change) | 7. intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce | expand abnormally.; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" |
| ~ distend | 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 out. |
| ~ puff 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" |
| v. (stative) | 8. swell, well up | come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things).; "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" |
| ~ arise, 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" |
| v. (motion) | 9. swell, well | come up, as of a liquid.; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up" |
| ~ rise up, surface, come up, rise | come to the surface. |
| v. (change) | 10. 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 outwards. |
| ~ swell up, tumesce, intumesce, tumefy, swell | expand abnormally.; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" |
| ~ tumefy | cause to become very swollen. |
| ~ bloat | make bloated or swollen.; "Hunger bloated the child's belly" |
| adj. | 11. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell | very good.; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ good | 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" |
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