Hyphenation of swell

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swell

Definitions of swell:

1.
The undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
2.
A rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
3.
A crescendo followed by a decrescendo
4.
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
5.
Increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
The music swelled to a crescendo
6.
Become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son
7.
Expand abnormally
The bellies of the starving children are swelling
8.
Come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
Strong emotions welled up Smoke swelled from it
9.
Come up, as of a liquid
Tears well in her eyes The currents well up
10.
Cause to become swollen
The water swells the wood
11.
Very good
He did a bully job A neat sports car Had a great time at the party You look simply smashing

Synonyms of swell:

adj bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, good
nouncrestless wave, wave, moving ridge
nounnatural elevation, elevation
noun crescendo
noun dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, fashion plate, clotheshorse, man, adult male
verb increase
verbpuff up, act, behave, do
verbswell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce, expand
verbwell up, originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
verb well, surface, come up, rise up, rise
verb grow

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