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swell (usually not comparable; nonstandard comparative sweller, superlative swellest)
- (informal) Excellent.
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swell (plural swells)
- A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
- (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
- (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
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music: crescendo followed by diminuendo
music: device for controlling a pipe organ
music: division in pipe organ
to swell (third-person singular simple present swells, present participle swelling, simple past swelled, past participle swollen or swelled)
- (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
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intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged
- Arabic: انتفخ ar(ar) (intáfakha)
- Armenian: ուռել hy(hy) (uṙel), ուռչել hy(hy) (uṙčel)
- Catalan: inflar-se, hinchar-se ca(ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 膨脹 cmn(cmn), 膨胀 cmn(cmn) (péngzhàng), 擴大 cmn(cmn), 扩大 cmn(cmn) (kuòdà), 隆起 cmn(cmn) (lóngqǐ)
- Czech: otéct cs(cs)
- Dutch: zwellen nl(nl), opzwellen nl(nl), aanzwellen nl(nl)
- Finnish: turvota fi(fi), paisua fi(fi)
- French: gonfler fr(fr)
- Galician: inflarse gl(gl), incharse gl(gl)
- German: schwellen de(de)
- Hebrew: אבב (he) (avov)
- Indonesian: bengkak, membengkak
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- Italian: gonfiare it(it)
- Japanese: 膨れる (fukureru), 隆起する (ryūki-suru), 腫れる (はれる, hareru)
- Latin: intumēscō la(la), tumeō la(la)
- Nahuatl: timalla, timalloa
- Portuguese: inflar-se pt(pt), inchar-se pt(pt), inflamar (med.), intumescer
- Romanian: se umfla ro(ro)
- Romansch: unflar rm(rm)
- Russian: раздуваться ru(ru) (razduvát'sja), набухать ru(ru) (nabuxát'), увеличиваться ru(ru) (uvelíčivat'sja)
- Slovak: opuchnúť
- Spanish: hincharse es(es), inflarse es(es)
- Swahili: fura sw(sw), vimba sw(sw)
- Swedish: svälla sv(sv)
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