swell definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: very good ... great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing] n 1: the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea [syn: swell, crestless wave] 2: a rounded elevation (especially one on an ... dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse] v 1: increase in size, magnitude, number ... swelling with importance when she spoke of her son" [syn: swell, puff up] 3: expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" [syn: swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce] 4: come up (as ...
ground swell definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an obvious ... occurs without leadership or overt expression; "there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment" 2: a broad and deep undulation of the ocean [syn: ground swell, heavy swell] Merriam Webster's noun see groundswell 1 Webster's 1913 Dictionary Swell Swell, n. 1. The act of swelling. 2. Gradual increase. ...
Organ swell definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Swell Swell, n. 1. The act of swelling. 2. Gradual increase. Specifically ... in height; elevation; rise. Little River affords navigation during a swell to within three miles of the Miami. --Jefferson. (c) Increase ... intensity, or volume of sound. Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron. (d) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force. The swell and subsidence of his periods. --Landor. 3. A gradual ...
Swell shark definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Swell Swell, n. 1. The act of swelling. 2. Gradual increase. Specifically ... in height; elevation; rise. Little River affords navigation during a swell to within three miles of the Miami. --Jefferson. (c) Increase ... intensity, or volume of sound. Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron. (d) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force. The swell and subsidence of his periods. --Landor. 3. A gradual ...
Swell mob definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mob Mob, n. [L ... Tennyson. Mob law, law administered by the mob; lynch law. Swell mob, well dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively. [Slang] --Dickens. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Swell Swell, a. Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood. [Slang] Swell mob. See under Mob. [Slang]
swell up definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: expand ... abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" [syn: swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see swell 2
Swelled definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SWELL'ED, pp. Enlarged in bulk; inflated; tumefied. WordNet (r) 3 ... with pride" [syn: big, swelled, vainglorious] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Swell Swell, v. i. [imp. Swelled; p. p. Swelled or Swollen; p ... or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by ... force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish. 3. To rise or be driven into waves ... waves. 4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride. You swell at the tartan, as the ...
... ris'n, or heaved his head. 2. To cause to swell. The glittering finny swarms That heave our friths and crowd ... heave up a design. [Vulgar.] HEAVE, v.i. heev. To swell, distend or dilate; as, a horse heaves in panting. Hence ... vomit. 3. To rise in billows, as the sea; to swell. 4. To rise; to be lifted; as, a ship heaves. 5. To rise or swell, as the earth at the breaking up of frost. To ... over our heads, heaven. HEAVE, n. heev. A rising or swell; an exertion or effort upward. None could guess whether the ... the earthquake would settle or swallow them. 1. A rising swell, or distention, as of the breast. These profound heaves. ...
... Titus 1:12. BEL'LY, v.t. To fill; to swell out. BEL'LY, v.i. To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; as bellying goblets; bellying ... of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish v 1: swell out or bulge out [syn: belly, belly out] Merriam Webster ... verb (bellied; bellying) Date: 1606 transitive verb to cause to swell or fill out < wind bellying the sails > intransitive verb 1. swell, fill 2. a. to slide or crawl on one's ... placed. --v.tr. & intr. (-ies, -ied) (often foll. by out) swell or cause to swell; bulge. Phrases and idioms: belly ...
Sweinmote definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SWE'INMOTE SWELL, v.i. pret. swelled; pp. swelled. Swollen is nearly obsolete ... or by expansion of the inclosed substance. Thus the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a tumor swells; a ... high. 4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride. 5. To be gloated with anger; to be ... 10. To grow more violent; as, a moderate passion may swell to fury. 11. To grow upon the view; to become ... 12. To become larger in amount. Many little debts added, swell to a great amount. 13. To become louder; as, a ... 15. To rise in altitude; as, land swells into hills. SWELL, v.t. To increase the size, bulk or dimensions ...
... MEFY, v.t. [L. tumefacio; tumidus, tumeo, and facio.] To swell, or cause to swell. TU'MEFY, v.i. To swell; to rise in a tumor. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ... abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" [syn: swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce] Oxford Reference Dictionary v. (-ies, -ied) 1 intr. swell, inflate; be inflated. 2 tr. cause to do this. ...