swell
verb
[ swɛl ]
• (especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.
• "her bruised knee was already swelling up"
Similar:
expand,
bulge,
distend,
become distended,
inflate,
become inflated,
dilate,
become bloated,
bloat,
blow up/out,
puff up,
balloon,
fatten,
fill out,
tumefy,
intumesce,
• become or make greater in intensity, number, amount, or volume.
• "the low murmur swelled to a roar"
Similar:
grow larger,
grow greater,
grow,
enlarge,
increase,
expand,
rise,
wax,
mount,
escalate,
accelerate,
step up,
accumulate,
surge,
multiply,
proliferate,
snowball,
mushroom,
skyrocket,
make larger,
make greater,
increase in size/scope,
augment,
boost,
build up,
top up,
grow loud,
grow louder,
become louder,
amplify,
intensify,
heighten,
swell
noun
• a full or gently rounded shape or form.
• "the soft swell of her breast"
• a gradual increase in amount, intensity, or volume.
• "a huge swell in the popularity of one-day cricket"
Similar:
increase,
rise,
growth,
expansion,
escalation,
acceleration,
surge,
stepping-up,
proliferation,
snowballing,
mushrooming,
skyrocketing,
• a slow, regular movement of the sea in rolling waves that do not break.
• "there was a heavy swell"
Similar:
billow,
billowing,
undulation,
surge,
surging,
wave,
roll,
rolling,
bulge,
bulging,
rush,
deluge,
movement,
• a mechanism for producing a crescendo or diminuendo in an organ or harmonium.
• a fashionable or stylish person of wealth or high social position.
• "a crowd of city swells"
swell
adjective
• excellent; very good.
• "you're looking swell"
Similar:
excellent,
marvellous,
wonderful,
splendid,
magnificent,
superb,
first-rate,
super,
great,
amazing,
fantastic,
swell
adverb
• excellently; very well.
• "everything was just going swell"
Origin:
Old English swellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German schwellen . Current senses of the noun date from the early 16th century; the informal adjectival use derives from noun swell (sense 5 of the noun) (late 18th century).
