swell
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(verb) expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" |
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Synonyms: distend, swell up |
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Related Words: belly, belly out, blister, bloat, blow up, expand, puff, puff out, puff up |
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(verb) cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood" |
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Related Words: bloat, bulge, bulk, grow |
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(verb) increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo" |
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Related Words: increase |
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(verb) become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son" |
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Synonyms: puff up |
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Related Words: act, behave, do |
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(noun) a crescendo followed by a decrescendo |
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Related Words: crescendo |
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(noun) the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea |
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Synonyms: crestless wave |
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Related Words: ground swell, heavy swell, moving ridge, wave |
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(noun) a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) |
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Related Words: elevation, natural elevation |
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(verb) come up, as of liquids: "Tears well in her eyes" |
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Synonyms: well |
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Related Words: come up, rise, rise up, surface |
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(verb) as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things; "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it" |
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Synonyms: well up |
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Related Words: arise, develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up |
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(noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance |
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Synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik |
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Related Words: adult male, cockscomb, coxcomb, man |
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(satellite adjective) (informal) very good; "a bully pulpit"; "a cool sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" |
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Synonyms: bang-up, bully, cool, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing |
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