All swell synonyms
swell
S s verb swell
- heave β to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- jellied β containing or made, spread, or topped with jelly or syrup; jellied: jelly apples.
- enhance β Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.
- bluster β If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
- craning β any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- beetling β a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
- whaling β the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing.
- grow β to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- make a comeback β popular again
- gelling β Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- enlarge β Make or become bigger or more extensive.
- bloat β to swell or cause to swell, as with a liquid, air, or wind
- load up β charge, fill
- blow up β If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
- get to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- gather β to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- massing β a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- huff and puff β be out of breath
- ebb and flow β tidal movement
- flare up β to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- got to β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- agglomerated β gathered together into a cluster or mass.
- accumulate β When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time.
- move up β to pass from one place or position to another.
- heap β a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- mark up β a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- germinate β to begin to grow or develop.
- curdled β Containing curds.
- clean up β If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- overbear β to bear over or down by weight or force: With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.
- intensate β (transitive) To intensify.
adj swell
- five-star β having five stars to indicate rank or quality: a five-star general; a five-star brandy.
- hep β hip4 .
- agreeable β If something is agreeable, it is pleasant and you enjoy it.
- condign β (esp of a punishment) fitting; deserved
- bloater β a herring, or sometimes a mackerel, that has been salted in brine, smoked, and cured
- bagger β A bagger is a person whose job is to put customers' purchases into bags at a supermarket or other store.
noun swell
- intensification β to make intense or more intense.
- comber β a person, tool, or machine that combs wool, flax, etc
- kyphosis β an abnormal, convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back.
- curlicue β Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen.
- combers β Plural form of comber.
- hummock β Also, hammock. an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region.
- growth β the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
- whitecap β a wave with a broken and foaming white crest.
- knap β a crest or summit of a small hill.
- aristocrat β An aristocrat is someone whose family has a high social rank, especially someone who has a title.
- wave β a member of the Waves.
- beau β A woman's beau is her boyfriend or lover.
- increase β to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.