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Meaning of swell

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swell

Pronunciation:/swɛl/

verb

Definitions

  1. To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.

  2. To cause to become bigger.

    Example: Rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring.

  3. To grow gradually in force or loudness.

    Example: The organ music swelled.

  4. To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.

    Example: to be swelled with pride or haughtiness

swell

Pronunciation:/swɛl/

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of swelling; increase in size.

  2. A bulge or protuberance.

  3. Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.

  4. A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.