swells

Meanings

Noun

• the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
• a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
• a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
• a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
• plural of swell

Verb

• increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
• become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
• expand abnormally
• come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
• come up, as of a liquid
• cause to become swollen
  • "The water swells the wood"
• third-person singular simple present indicative of swell

Synonyms

beau, clotheshorse, crestless wave, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, intumesce, puff up, sheik, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce, well, well up