Swell

verb

swɛl

Adjective

a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
Similar:BeauClotheshorseDandy Dude Fop
Type of:Man
the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
Type of:Wave
a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
Type of:Crescendo
a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
Type of:Elevation

expand abnormally
“The bellies of the starving children are swelling”
Similar:IntumesceTumefyTumesce
Type of:Expand
come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
“Smoke swelled from it”
Type of:UpriseRiseOriginate
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
“The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son”
Type of:DoActBehave
cause to become swollen
“The water swells the wood”
Type of:Grow
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
“The music swelled to a crescendo”
Type of:Increase
come up, as of a liquid
Similar:Well
Type of:SurfaceRise