Meaning

12 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of swelling; increase in size.

    Anschwellen

  2. (countable, uncountable)A bulge or protuberance.

    Beule

  3. (countable, uncountable)Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.

    Anstieg

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

    the heave of a heavy ocean swell

    Dünung, Seegang, Wellengang

    зыбьzybʹ

  5. (countable, uncountable)A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.

    a crescendo followed by a decrescendo

  6. (countable, uncountable)A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.

    Bodenerhebung, Anhöhe

  9. (countable, uncountable)An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.

  10. (countable, dated, informal, uncountable)A person who is stylish, fancy, or elegant.

    Stutzer, Geck

  11. (countable, informal, uncountable)A person of high social standing; an important person.

    Großkopferter (Austro-Bavarian), feiner Pinkel

  12. (countable, uncountable)The front brow of a saddle bow, connected in the tree by the two saddle bars to the cantle on the other end.

Examples

200 sentences
  1. You're a swell guy, Tom.

    Ти класний хлопчина, Томе. — deniko

    ruТы стильный парень, Том. — fjay69

  2. My hands and legs are swollen.

    deMeine Hände und meine Füsse sind angeschwollen. — Tamy

  3. My feet are a little swollen.

    ruМои ступни немного распухли. — odexed

    deMeine Füße sind ein bisschen geschwollen. — futuro

  4. The toothache made his face swell up.

  5. Tom twisted his ankle and it swelled up.

    ruТом подвернул лодыжку, и она опухла. — odexed

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
act of swelling; increase in size:
bulge or protuberance:
increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force:
series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased:
hillock or similar raised area of terrain:
person who dresses in a fancy or elegant manner:
person of high social standing:

Origin

From Middle English swelle, from the verb swellen (modern swell).

From Middle English swelle, from the verb swellen (modern swell).

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