swell in English
- swell⇄adj. 1. (Informal.) stylish; grand.
2. (Slang.) excellent; very satisfactory.
Ex. a swell time, a swell worker. The woman is a lot better. That was swell medicine you gave her (Sinclair Lewis). - swell⇄noun 1. the act of swelling; increase in amount, degree, or force.
Ex. (Figurative.) The swell of insolence (Samuel Johnson).
2. the condition of being swollen or increased in size.
3. a part that rises or swells out.
4. a piec - swell⇄swell, verb, swelled,swelledorswollen,swelling,noun, adjective.
- swell⇄v.i. 1. to grow bigger.
Ex. Bread dough swells as it rises.
(SYN) inflate, distend, dilate.
2. to be larger or thicker in a particular place; stick out.
Ex. A barrel swells in the middle.
(SYN) bulge.
3. to increas - swell⇄v.t. 1. to make bigger; increase in size.
Ex. The bee sting had swelled his finger.
(SYN) dilate, distend.
2. to cause to bulge out or protrude.
3. to make greater in amount, degree, or force.
Ex. Volunteers were swelling