Etymology : Middle English, from Old English swellan; akin to Old High German swellan to swell
Pronunciation : swel
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. act of swelling, distention; swollen part, protuberance; gradual increase; surge of feeling or emotion; long unbroken wave; elevation of land, slope; crescendo followed by a diminuendo (Music). (Informal) amazing, excellent, great; stylish, fashionable. increase in volume, expand, inflate; increase in intensity or amount; well up, rise up; bulge, protrude; become vain, puff up with vanity; cause to expand or increase; cause to protrude. swell\swell\, v. t.
2. 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. [the church] swells her high, heart-cheering tone.
3. to aggravate; to heighten. it is low ebb with his accuser when such peccadilloes are put to swell the charge.
4. to raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness.
5. (mus.) to augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note.swell \swell\, a. having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood. [slang]swell mob. see:
under mob. [slang]swell \swell\, n.
6. the act of swelling.
7. gradual increase. specifically: (a) increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance. (b) increase in height; elevation; rise. little river affords navigation during a swell to within three miles of the miami. (c) increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound. music arose with its voluptuous swell. (d) increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force. the swell and subsidence of his periods.
8. a gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.
9. 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. the swell of the long waves that roll in yonder bay. the gigantic swells and billows of the snow.
10. (mus.) a gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.
11. a showy, dashing person; a dandy. [slang].
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
15. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
16. To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
17. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style.
18. To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.
19. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
20. To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
21. To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount.
22. To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big.
23. 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.
24. To aggravate; to heighten.
25. To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness.
26. To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note.
27. The act of swelling.
28. Gradual increase.
29. Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
30. Increase in height; elevation; rise.
31. Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound.
32. Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
33. A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.
34. 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.
35. A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; generally indicated by the sign.
36. A showy, dashing person; a dandy.
37. Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood. a crescendo followed by a decrescendo the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea a rounded elevation expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood" increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo" become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son".
38. The forms swelled and swollen are both used as the past participle.
39. If the amount or size of something swells or if something swells it, it becomes larger than it was before. The human population swelled, at least temporarily, as migrants moved south His bank balance has swelled by £222,000 in the last three weeks Offers from other countries should swell the force to 35,000. = increase.
40. If something such as a part of your body swells, it becomes larger and rounder than normal. Do your ankles swell at night? The limbs swell to an enormous size. Swell up means the same as swell. When you develop a throat infection or catch a cold the glands in the neck swell up.
41. If you swell with a feeling, you are suddenly full of that feeling. She could see:
her two sons swell with pride.
42. You can describe something as swell if you think it is really nice. I've had a swell time. see also:
swelling, swollen, groundswell.
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