Swell | Mean of swell in English Dictionary

/ˈswɛl/

• Verb
• to become larger than normal
1. Her broken ankle swelled badly.
2. The bee sting made my whole arm swell up.
• to make (something, such as a river) larger or more full than normal
1. Heavy rains swelled the river.
• to increase in size or number
1. The population has swelled/swollen in recent years.
2. The economy is swelling at an annual rate of five percent.
3. Immigrants have swelled the population.

• to become louder
1. The music swelled.
• to cause (something, such as a sail) to stretch outward and become full
1. The breeze swelled (out) the sails.
2. The sails swelled (out) in the breeze.
• to feel an emotion strongly
1. His heart swelled with pride. [=he felt very proud]
• Noun
• an upward and downward movement of the water in the sea
1. The storm has brought high winds and heavy swells along the coast.
• the curved or rounded shape of something
1. the swell of a pregnant woman's belly
• an increase in size or number
1. a swell in the population
• an increase in loudness
1. the swell of the music
• an increase in the strength of an emotion
1. a swell of enthusiasm/fear/hope
• a socially important or fashionable person
1. a party for a bunch of swells
• very good
1. That was a swell party.
2. He's a swell guy.