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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Swell \Swell\, v. i. [imp. Swelled; p. p. Swelled or
     Swollen; p. pr. & vb. n. Swelling.] [AS. swellan; akin to
     D. zwellen, OS. & OHG. swellan, G. schwellen, Icel. svella,
     Sw. sv["a]lla.]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as,
        in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              You swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do
              at scarlet.                           --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling
        words; a swelling style.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the
        middle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Your equal mind yet swells not into state. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     9. To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
        ``Monarchs to behold the swelling scene!'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     10. To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added,
         swell to a great amount.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     11. To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to
         strut; to look big.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               Here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock. --Shak.
         [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Swell \Swell\, v. t.
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [The Church] swells her high, heart-cheering tone.
                                                    --Keble.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To aggravate; to heighten.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It is low ebb with his accuser when such
              peccadilloes are put to swell the charge.
                                                    --Atterbury.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be
        swelled with pride or haughtiness.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Mus.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the
        sound of a note.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Swell \Swell\, n.
     1. The act of swelling.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Gradual increase. Specifically:
        (a) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
        (b) Increase in height; elevation; rise.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Little River affords navigation during a swell
                  to within three miles of the Miami. --Jefferson.
            [1913 Webster]
        (c) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron.
            [1913 Webster]
        (d) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  The swell and subsidence of his periods.
                                                    --Landor.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an
        extensive plain abounding with little swells.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The swell
              Of the long waves that roll in yonder bay.
                                                    --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The gigantic swells and billows of the snow.
                                                    --Hawthorne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Mus.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of
        sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally
        indicated by the sign.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. A showy, dashing person; a dandy. [Slang]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Ground swell. See under Ground.
  
     Organ swell (Mus.), a certain number of pipes inclosed in a
        box, the uncovering of which by means of a pedal produces
        increased sound.
  
     Swell shark (Zo["o]l.), a small shark ({Scyllium
        ventricosum) of the west coast of North America, which
        takes in air when caught, and swells up like a swellfish.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Swell \Swell\, a.
     Having the characteristics of a person of rank and
     importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell
     person; a swell neighborhood. [Slang]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Swell mob. See under Mob. [Slang]
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Swell \Swell\, v. t.
     1. 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.
                                                    --Keble.
  
     2. To aggravate; to heighten.
  
              It is low ebb with his accuser when such
              peccadilloes are put to swell the charge.
                                                    --Atterbury.
  
     3. To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be
        swelled with pride or haughtiness.
  
     4. (Mus.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the
        sound of a note.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Swell \Swell\, v. i. [imp. Swelled; p. p. Swelled or
     Swollen; p. pr. & vb. n. Swelling.] [AS. swellan; akin to
     D. zwellen, OS. & OHG. swellan, G. schwellen, Icel. svella,
     Sw. sv["a]lla.]
     1. 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.
  
     2. 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.
  
     3. To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as,
        in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
  
     4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
  
              You swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do
              at scarlet.                           --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     5. To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
  
     6. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling
        words; a swelling style.
  
     7. To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the
        middle.
  
     8. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
  
              Your equal mind yet swells not into state. --Dryden.
  
     9. To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
        ``Monarchs to behold the swelling scene!'' --Shak.
  
     10. To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added,
         swell to a great amount.
  
     11. To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to
         strut; to look big.
  
               Here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Swell \Swell\, n.
     1. The act of swelling.
  
     2. 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. --Jefferson.
        (c) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound.
  
                  Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron.
        (d) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
  
                  The swell and subsidence of his periods.
                                                    --Landor.
  
     3. A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an
        extensive plain abounding with little swells.
  
     4. 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.
                                                    --Tennyson.
  
              The gigantic swells and billows of the snow.
                                                    --Hawthorne.
  
     5. (Mus.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of
        sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally
        indicated by the sign.
  
     6. A showy, dashing person; a dandy. [Slang]
  
     Ground swell. See under Ground.
  
     Organ swell (Mus.), a certain number of pipes inclosed in a
        box, the uncovering of which by means of a pedal produces
        increased sound.
  
     Swell shark (Zo["o]l.), a small shark ({Scyllium
        ventricosum) of the west coast of North America, which
        takes in air when caught, and swells up like a swellfish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  swell
       adj : very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a
             great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
             [syn: bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy,
              great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not
             bad(p), peachy, slap-up, smashing]
       n 1: the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea [syn:
             crestless wave]
       2: a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
       3: a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
       4: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
          [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau,
          fashion plate, clotheshorse]
       v 1: increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The
            music swelled to a crescendo"
       2: become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother
          was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
          [syn: puff up]
       3: expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are
          swelling" [syn: swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce]
       4: as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things;
          "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" [syn:
           well up]
       5: come up; "Tears well in her eyes" [syn: well]
       6: cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood"
       [also: swollen]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  swell
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 (ετ παρωχ en) κομψός, ντυμένος με γούστο
     2 ((ετ παρωχ en 0=-), ''ΗΠΑ, Καναδάς'') εξαιρετικός
     Αγγλικά adv.
     ((ετικ παρωχ ανεπίσημο γλ=en 0=-), ''ΗΠΑ, Καναδάς'') πολύ καλά
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η ενέργεια του ρήματος #Ρήμα (φουσκώνω)
     2 # η αύξηση του μέγεθος
     3 # (ετ μουσική en) η σταδιακή αύξηση του crescendo
     4 (ετ παρωχ en) άνθρωπος πολύ κομψός
     5 (ετ ανεπίσημο en) άνθρωπος σημαντικός, ανώτερος τάξης
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (αμτβ) φουσκώνω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  swell
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt surfing) (l en swell) (gloss: series of waves)
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being
  engorged.
     n.
     1 The act of swelling; increase in size.
     2 A bulge or protuberance.
     3 Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
     a.
     (lb en dated) fashionable, like a swell or dandy.
     adv.
     (lb en North America informal) Very well.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  swell
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being
  engorged.
     n.
     1 The act of swelling; increase in size.
     2 A bulge or protuberance.
     3 Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
     a.
     (lb en dated) fashionable, like a swell or dandy.
     adv.
     (lb en North America informal) Very well.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  swell
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt surfing) (l en swell) (gloss: series of waves)
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being
  engorged.
     n.
     1 The act of swelling; increase in size.
     2 A bulge or protuberance.
     3 Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
     a.
     (lb en dated) fashionable, like a swell or dandy.
     adv.
     (lb en North America informal) Very well.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  swell
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt surfing) (l en swell) (gloss: series of waves)
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being
  engorged.
     n.
     1 The act of swelling; increase in size.
     2 A bulge or protuberance.
     3 Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
     a.
     (lb en dated) fashionable, like a swell or dandy.
     adv.
     (lb en North America informal) Very well.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  swell
     Englanti n.
     maininki
     Englanti vb.
     1 turvota
     2 pullistua
     3 aaltoilla

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  swell
     Engelska a.
     (tagg amerikansk engelska slang språk=en) utmärkt, bra
     Engelska vb.
     1 (tagg intransitivt språk=en) svälla
     2 (tagg transitivt språk=en) utöka

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Swell /swˈɛl/
  الإنتفاخ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  swell //swɛl// 
  1. отличен, първокласен
  excellent
  2. елегантен, моден
  fashionable

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  swell //swɛl// 
  отлично
  very well

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  swell //swɛl// 
  1. раздуване
  act of swelling; increase in size
  2. изпъкналост
  bulge or protuberance
  3. възвишение
  hillock or similar raised area of terrain
  4. денди, франт
  person who dresses in a fancy or elegant manner
  5. мъртво вълнение
  series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  swell //swɛl// 
  1. подувам се
  intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged
  2. раздувам
  to cause to become bigger
  3. усилвам се
  to grow gradually in force or loudness
  4. важнича, надувам се
  to raise to arrogance

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  vyboulení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  napuchnout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ 
  báječný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ 
  bobtnat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ 
  vzdouvání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ 
  nabývat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ 
  otékat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ 
  zvětšit

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ 
  chwyddhau 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ 
  ymchwyddo 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  Anschwellen , Anschwellung 
     Synonym: swelling
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  Crescendo , Anschwellen  [mus.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  feine Dame , feiner Herr 
   see: the swells
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  Dudenkopf  [obs.]
     Synonyms: dude, dandy
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  Schwellwerk 
     Synonym: swell-box
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  Seegang , Dünung  [naut.]
     Synonyms: waves, seas
  
   see: rough seas, rough swell, heavy seas, heavy swell, at waves
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  Stauchung 
     Synonyms: bottom out, compression
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  Volumenzunahme , Schüttung  [min.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  Wellengang 
     Synonym: waves
  
   see: heavy seas
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ (swelled /swˈɛld/ <>, swollen /swˈəʊlən/ <>, swelled /swˈɛld/ <>) 
  anschwellen lassen, anwachsen lassen, steigern 
   see: swelling, swollen, swelled
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ (swelled /swˈɛld/ <>, swollen /swˈəʊlən/ <>, swelled /swˈɛld/ <>) 
  anschwellen, schwellen, zunehmen 
   see: swelling, swollen
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ (swelled /swˈɛld/ <>, swollen /swˈəʊlən/ <>, swelled /swˈɛld/ <>) 
  blähen, aufblähen 
   see: swelling, swollen, swelled
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
   [Am.]  [dated] fein, vornehm, nobel, toll, klasse [ugs.] , großartig 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ (swelled /swˈɛld/ <>, swollen /swˈəʊlən/ <>, swelled /swˈɛld/ <>) 
  quellen, aufquellen 
           Note: Holz; Erbsen
     Synonym: swell out
  
   see: swelling, swollen, swelled
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ (swelled /swˈɛld/ <>, swollen /swˈəʊlən/ <>, swelled /swˈɛld/ <>) 
  schwellen 
        "it would swell"  - es schwölle
     Synonym: become swollen
  
   see: swelling, swollen, it swills, it swelled, unswollen
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  Anstau 
           Note: von Wasser
     Synonym: raised water level
  
           Note: of water

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ 
  blähen  [min.]
           Note: Kohle

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  langgestreckter flacher Dom
   see: dome, parma, ridge fold
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ 
  mächtiger werden  [min.]  [geol.]
     Synonym: thicken
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  
  πρήζω, εξογκώνω, φουσκώνω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  swell //swɛl// 
  1. mahtava
  excellent
  2. makea, siisti
  fashionable

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  swell //swɛl// 
  hienosti, hyvin
  very well

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  swell //swɛl// 
  1. paisuminen, turpoaminen
  act of swelling; increase in size
  2. patti, uloke
  bulge or protuberance
  3. maaston kohouma
  hillock or similar raised area of terrain
  4. nousu
  increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force
  5. herra
  person of high social standing
  6. keikari, komeljanttari
  person who dresses in a fancy or elegant manner
  7. maininki
  series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  swell //swɛl// 
  1. turvota, paisua
  intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged
  2. ylpistyä
  to be raised to arrogance
  3. pöyhkeillä
  to be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant
  4. paisuttaa, turvottaa
  to cause to become bigger
  5. voimistua
  to grow gradually in force or loudness
  6. pullistua
  to protuberate; to bulge out
  7. ylpistyttää
  to raise to arrogance

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  swell /swil/
  gonfler

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ 
  1. सूजना
        "His eyes swelled with tears."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ 
  1. सूजना
        "His legs got swelled."
  2. बढZना
        "The group of onlookers soon swelled to a crowd."
  3. फूल जाना
        "Her heart swelled with pride at his achievement."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  bez vjetra, mrtvo more, nabreknuti, nadimati se, naduti se, oteklina

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  1. klassz
  2. remek
  3. hullámverés
  4. elegáns
  5. domborulat
  6. hömpölygés
  7. kiemelkedés
  8. pompás
  9. divatos
  10. dagadás
  11. elôkelô

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  swell //swɛl// 
  membengkak
  intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  swell //swɛl// 
  素晴らしい
  excellent

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  swell //swɛl// 
  1. 起伏
  music: gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo
  2. うねり
  series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  swell //swɛl// 
  腫れる, 膨れる, 隆起する
  intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  swell /swil/
  1. aanzwellen
  2. opzetten, rijzen, uitdijen, zwellen, opzwellen

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  swell /swel/
  I.   1. swell up /swˈɛl ˈʌp/  puchnąć
   2. swell up /swˈɛl ˈʌp/  wydymać się, wzdymać się
   3.  rozrastać się
   4.  [lit]  potęgować się
  II.    falowanie

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  swell /swil/
  engrossar, inchar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  swell //swɛl// 
  dyning, svall
  series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  swell //swɛl// 
  svälla
  intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  swell /swˈɛl/ 
  
  vimba

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  swell /swˈɛl/
  1. (-ed
  2. -ed veya swollen)  şişmek, kabarmak
  3. büyümek, yükselmek, artmak, çoğalmak
  4. göğsü kabarmak, iftihar etmek
  5. (k. dili) kurulmak, çalım satmak
  6. büyütmek, şişirmek, kabartmak, artırmak çoğaltmak
  7. (müz.) crescendo ve takiben diminuendo yapmak
  8. kabarış
  9. dalga, ölü deniz
  10. tümsek yer
  11. (müz.) crescendo ve takiben diminuendo
  12. orgda perdelerin yükselmesini kontrol eden cihaz
  13. (argo) züppe
  14. (k. dili) şık, modaya uygun
  15. (argo) güzel. swell out dışa doğru şişmek. swell pedal orgda boru mahfazasını açıp kapayan pedal. swell up şişmek, kabarmak. swell with pride iftiharla göğsü kabarmak, koltukları kabarmak. the swell of the ground tümsek, tatlı meyil. He has a swelled head Kibirli bir kimsedir. swell ing.  şiş, şişlik, şişmiş yer.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈswɛɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  511 Moby Thesaurus words for "swell":
     Babylonian, Beau Brummel, Brahman, Corinthian, OK, accent,
     accent mark, accrue, accumulate, ace-high, add to, advance,
     aggrandize, amplify, anthill, appreciate, archduke, aristocrat,
     armiger, augment, awake the dead, awe-inspiring, awful, bad, bag,
     balloon, bang-up, bar, barbaric, baron, baronet, barrow, be poised,
     beau, belly, belly out, bilge, billow, blade, blast, blast the ear,
     bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blood, blow up, blowing up,
     blue blood, boil, bonzer, boom, boost, bore, bosom, boss, bouge,
     boulevardier, brae, braw, break, breakers, breed, broaden,
     broadening, bug, build, build up, bulge, bulk, bulk out, bully,
     bump, bunion, but good, butte, cancel, carbuncle, character, chic,
     choir, chop, choppiness, chopping sea, classy, claviature,
     clothes-conscious, clotheshorse, cock, comb, comber, console, cool,
     corking, corn, cosmopolitan, count, coxcomb, crackerjack, crash,
     crescendo, custos, cyst, dab, dabster, daimio, dandy, dapper, dash,
     dashing, deafen, delicious, deluxe, develop, diastole, dilatation,
     dilate, dilation, din, direct, dirty water, distend, distension,
     dot, down, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dropsy, drumlin,
     ducky, dude, duke, dune, eagre, earl, ebb and flow, echo, edema,
     eighty-eight, elaborate, elegant, enlarge, enlargement, esquire,
     expand, expansion, expression mark, exquisite, extend, extension,
     extravagant, fab, fancy, fashion plate, fashionable, fatten, fell,
     fermata, fidget, fill out, fill the air, fine, fine and dandy,
     fine gentleman, fingerboard, first-class, first-rate, flatulence,
     flatulency, flatus, flip out, flutter, foothills, fop,
     freak out on, fribble, fullness, furuncle, gain, gain strength,
     gallant, gassiness, gear, genteel, gentleman, get ahead,
     get high on, glorious, glow, go pitapat, go up, goggle, grand,
     grand duke, grandee, grandiose, gravity wave, great, greaten,
     groovy, ground swell, grow, have the fidgets, have the shakes,
     hear, heave, heavy, heavy sea, heavy swell, hidalgo, hike, hike up,
     hill, hillock, hold, hot, huff, hummock, hunky-dory, imposing,
     impressive, increase, inflate, inflation, intensify, intensity,
     intumescence, ivories, jack-a-dandy, jackanapes, jam-up, jaunty,
     jerk, just dandy, keen, key signature, keyboard, keys, knob, knoll,
     lace-curtain, lady-killer, laird, landgrave, lead, lift, ligature,
     look big, lop, lord, lordling, loudishness, loudness,
     lounge lizard, lump, luxurious, macaroni, magnate, magnificent,
     magnifico, magnify, majestic, man-about-town, manual, margrave,
     mark, marquis, marvy, masher, master, mean, measure, meteorism,
     metronomic mark, modish, molehill, monticle, monticule, moor,
     mound, mount, multiply, mushroom, natty, neat, nifty, nob, nobby,
     noble, nobleman, notation, okay, optimate, organ manual,
     out of sight, overdevelop, overdistend, overdraw, overexpand,
     overextend, overstrain, overstretch, palatial, palpitate,
     palsgrave, pant, past master, patrician, pause, peachy,
     peachy-keen, peacock, peak, peal, pedals, peer, piano keys, pimple,
     plush, pock, pontificate, pooch, pop, popple, posh, pouch, pout,
     presa, princely, pro, proliferate, proud, puff, puff up, puffiness,
     puffing, pump, pump up, puppy, pustule, put on, put on airs,
     put on side, quake, quaver, quiver, raise, rarefy,
     rattle the windows, recherche, rend the air, rend the ears,
     resound, riffle, ring, ripping, ripple, rise, rise and fall,
     rising, ritz it, ritzy, rock the sky, roll, roller, rough water,
     round out, rum, run up, sand dune, scend, scrumptious, sea,
     sebaceous cyst, segno, seigneur, seignior, send, shake, sharp,
     shiver, shoot up, sign, signature, silk-stocking, slap-up, sleek,
     slur, smart, smash, smashing, smug, snazzy, snowball, soigne,
     soignee, solid, solo, something else, sonority, sonorousness,
     sophisticated, spark, spectacular, spiffing, spiffy, splendacious,
     splendid, splendiferous, split the eardrums, split the ears, sport,
     spread, spruce, squire, squirm, startle the echoes, stately,
     step up, strain, strengthen, stretch, stretching, stun, stunning,
     style-conscious, stylish, sufflate, sumptuous, super, superb,
     superfancy, superfine, surf, surge, surge of sound, swagger, swank,
     swanky, swell it, swell out, swell with emotion, swellage,
     swelling, swollenness, symbol, tempo mark, terrific, thoroughbred,
     thrill, thrill to, thrilling, throb, thunder, tidal bore,
     tidal wave, tide wave, tie, time signature, tingle,
     tingle with excitement, toss, toss and turn, tough, tremble,
     tricksy, trig, trim, trough, tsunami, tumble, tumefaction, tumefy,
     tumescence, tumidity, tumidness, tumor, turgescence, turgescency,
     turgidity, turgidness, turn on to, twist and turn, twitch, twitter,
     tympanism, tympany, undulate, undulation, up, upper-cruster,
     vinculum, viscount, volume, waldgrave, water wave, wave, wavelet,
     wax, well-dressed, well-groomed, wen, white horses, whitecaps,
     whiz, widen, wiggle, windiness, wizard, wonderful, wriggle,
     writhe
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 增大,隆起的部分,巨浪;
  a. 优秀的,上流的;
  v. 增大,使...膨胀,积聚;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 增大,隆起的部分,巨浪,肿大
     a. 优秀的,一流的
     vi. 增大,膨胀,肿胀,增强

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