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Swell
Swell Swell, v. t.
1. To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to
rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow
swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the
population.
[The Church] swells her high, heart-cheering tone.
--Keble.
2. To aggravate; to heighten.
It is low ebb with his accuser when such
peccadilloes are put to swell the charge.
--Atterbury.
3. To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be
swelled with pride or haughtiness.
4. (Mus.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the
sound of a note.
SwellSwell Swell, v. i. [imp. Swelled; p. p. Swelled or
Swollen; p. pr. & vb. n. Swelling.] [AS. swellan; akin to
D. zwellen, OS. & OHG. swellan, G. schwellen, Icel. svella,
Sw. sv["a]lla.]
1. To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface
or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of
the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a
bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.
2. To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase
in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its
banks; sounds swell or diminish.
3. To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as,
in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
You swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do
at scarlet. --Sir W.
Scott.
5. To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
6. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling
words; a swelling style.
7. To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the
middle.
8. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
Your equal mind yet swells not into state. --Dryden.
9. To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
``Monarchs to behold the swelling scene!' --Shak.
10. To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added,
swell to a great amount.
11. To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to
strut; to look big.
Here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock. --Shak. SwellSwell Swell, n.
1. The act of swelling.
2. Gradual increase. Specifically:
(a) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
(b) Increase in height; elevation; rise.
Little River affords navigation during a swell
to within three miles of the Miami. --Jefferson.
(c) Increase of force, 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 ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an
extensive plain abounding with little swells.
4. A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large
waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy
swell sets into the harbor.
The swell Of the long waves that roll in yonder bay.
--Tennyson.
The gigantic swells and billows of the snow.
--Hawthorne.
5. (Mus.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of
sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally
indicated by the sign.
6. A showy, dashing person; a dandy. [Slang]
Ground swell. See under Ground.
Organ swell (Mus.), a certain number of pipes inclosed in a
box, the uncovering of which by means of a pedal produces
increased sound.
Swell shark (Zo["o]l.), a small shark (Scyllium
ventricosum) of the west coast of North America, which
takes in air when caught, and swells up like a swellfish. SwellSwell 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]
Meaning of Swells from wikipedia
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responsible for the
swell and the size of the
water body, and
varies from
event to event, and from the same event, over time. Occasionally,
swells that are longer...
- overtones. Consequently, the end of the note is
softer than the attack.
Volume swells alter the tone of the note,
reducing the
treble tones of the
attack and...
- The
Swellers were an
American punk band from Flint, Michigan.
Their music is
influenced by
melodic punk rock, as well as
alternative and
indie rock bands...
- The
Swell Season is a folk rock duo
formed by
Irish musician Glen
Hansard and
Czech singer and
pianist Markéta Irglová. "The
Swell Season" name is derived...
- "We're a
Couple of
Swells" is an
American comedy duet song
performed by Judy
Garland and Fred
Astaire in the film
Easter Parade (1948). It was written...
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currents and
waves up to 10 feet (3 m) A
cross swell is
generated when the wave
systems are longer-period
swells,
rather than short-period wind-generated waves...
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major ocean swell patterns and the ways the
islands disrupted those patterns,
typically determined by
sensing disruptions in
ocean swells by islanders...
- In bookbinding,
swell refers to the
increased thickness of a
textblock along its
spine edge
after sewing.
Swell is a
function of the
number of sections...
