Definition of Swell

Noun

• a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
  dandy dude fop gallant sheik beau - fashion plate clotheshorse
• a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
  
• a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
  
• the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
  - crestless wave

Verb

• cause to become swollen
  "The water swells the wood"
  
• come up, as of a liquid
  "Tears well in her eyes"
  "the currents well up"
  well
• come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
  "Strong emotions welled up"
  "Smoke swelled from it"
  - well up
• expand abnormally
  "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
  - swell up intumesce tumefy tumesce
• become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
  "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
  - puff up
• increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
  "The music swelled to a crescendo"
  

Adjective

• very good
  "he did a bully job"
  "a neat sports car"
  "had a great time at the party"
  "you look simply smashing"
  - bang up bully corking cracking dandy great groovy keen neat nifty - not bad peachy - slap up smashing

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