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Meaning of swells
- To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.
- To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish.
- To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
- To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
- To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style.
- To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
- To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount.
- To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big.
- To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population.
- To aggravate; to heighten.
- To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness.
- To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note.
- The act of swelling.
- Gradual increase.
- Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
- Increase in height; elevation; rise.
- Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound.
- Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.
- A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor.
- A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.
- A showy, dashing person; a dandy.
- Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood.
Crossword clue for swells
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- Puff up
- Rising waves
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- Distends
- Expands
- Puffs up
- Waves bore into ship
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