swell
The act of swelling; increase in sizeThe act of swelling; increase in size.
» You're a swell guy, Tom.
Ты стильный парень, Том. — fjay69
Ти класний хлопчина, Томе. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
12 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of swelling; increase in size.
Anschwellen
(countable, uncountable)A bulge or protuberance.
Beule
(countable, uncountable)Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
Anstieg
(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
(countable, uncountable)A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
(countable, uncountable)A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
(countable, uncountable)A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
(countable, uncountable)A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
Bodenerhebung, Anhöhe
(countable, uncountable)An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
(countable, dated, informal, uncountable)A person who is stylish, fancy, or elegant.
Stutzer, Geck
(countable, informal, uncountable)A person of high social standing; an important person.
Großkopferter (Austro-Bavarian), feiner Pinkel
(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 sentencesYou're a swell guy, Tom.
Ти класний хлопчина, Томе. — deniko
ruТы стильный парень, Том. — fjay69
My hands and legs are swollen.
deMeine Hände und meine Füsse sind angeschwollen. — Tamy
My feet are a little swollen.
ruМои ступни немного распухли. — odexed
deMeine Füße sind ein bisschen geschwollen. — futuro
The toothache made his face swell up.
Tom twisted his ankle and it swelled up.
ruТом подвернул лодыжку, и она опухла. — odexed
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 7
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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Forms
plural: swellsSynonyms
41 synonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.