ALL meanings of swell
swell
S s - noun swell a swelling or being swollen; expansion 0
- noun swell an increase in quantity or degree; inflation 0
- noun swell a bulge; protuberance 0
- noun swell a gentle hill 0
- noun swell a person who is very fashionably dressed 0
- noun swell a man of high social or political standing 0
- noun swell a crescendo followed by an immediate diminuendo 0
- noun swell a set of pipes on an organ housed in a box (swell box) fitted with a shutter operated by a pedal, which can be opened or closed to control the volume 0
- noun swell the manual on an organ controlling this 0
- adjective swell stylish or grand 0
- adjective swell excellent; first-class 0
- intransitive verb swell to increase in volume or become larger as a result of pressure from within; expand; dilate 0
- intransitive verb swell to become larger at a particular point; curve out; bulge; protrude 0
- intransitive verb swell to extend beyond or above the normal or surrounding level 0
- intransitive verb swell to form swells, or large waves 0
- intransitive verb swell to be or become filled (with pride, indignation, self-importance, etc.) 0
- intransitive verb swell to increase within a person, as a feeling 0
- intransitive verb swell to increase in size, force, intensity, degree, etc. 0
- intransitive verb swell to increase in volume or loudness 0
- verb transitive swell to cause to swell 0
- verb transitive swell to cause to increase in size, volume, extent, degree, etc. 0
- verb transitive swell to cause to bulge or protrude 0
- verb transitive swell to fill with pride, indignation, etc.; inflate; puff 0
- verb transitive swell to cause (a tone, chord, etc.) to increase in loudness 0
- noun swell a part that swells, bulge; curve; protuberance 0
- noun swell a large wave that moves steadily without breaking 0
- noun swell a piece of rising ground; rounded hill or slope 0
- noun swell a swelling or being swollen 0
- noun swell an increase in size, amount, extent, degree, etc. 0
- noun swell a person who is strikingly stylish, esp. in dress 0
- noun swell a person of social prominence 0
- noun swell an increase in loudness of sound 0
- noun swell a gradual increase in volume (crescendo), usually followed by a gradual decrease (decrescendo) 0
- noun swell a sign (< >) indicating this 0
- noun swell a device for controlling the loudness of tones, as in an organ 0
- adjective swell stylish; very fashionable 0
- adjective swell first-rate; excellent 0