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The undulating movement of the surface of the open sea |
| 2. |
A rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) |
| 3. |
A crescendo followed by a decrescendo |
| 4. |
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance |
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Increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity The music swelled to a crescendo |
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Become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son |
| 7. |
Expand abnormally The bellies of the starving children are swelling |
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Come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things) Strong emotions welled up Smoke swelled from it |
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Come up, as of a liquid Tears well in her eyes The currents well up |
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Cause to become swollen The water swells the wood |
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Very good He did a bully job A neat sports car Had a great time at the party You look simply smashing |
| adj | bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, good |
| noun | crestless wave, wave, moving ridge
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| noun | natural elevation, elevation |
| noun | crescendo |
| noun | dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, fashion plate, clotheshorse, man, adult male
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| verb | increase |
| verb | puff up, act, behave, do |
| verb | swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce, expand |
| verb | well up, originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow |
| verb | well, surface, come up, rise up, rise |
| verb | grow |