1) Ace 2) A-ok 3) A-one 4) Balloon 5) Becomebloated 6) Bloat 7) Breaker 8) Brummell 9) Bully 10) Clotheshorse 11) Corking 12) Coxcomb 13) Cracking 14) Crestlesswave 15) Dandy 16) Dilate 17) Distend 18) Dude 19) Enlarge 20) Escalate 21) Expansion 22) Flow 23) Fop 24) Gingerpeachy 25) Good 26) Groovy
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1) Balloon 2) Bang-up 3) Big wave 4) Bloat 5) Blow up 6) Bulge 7) Bully 8) Cause to become swollen 9) Come up 10) Corking 11) Cracking 12) Crestless wave 13) Dandy 14) Dirty Harry sarcastic cry 15) Distend 16) Expand 17) Expand abnormally 18) First rate, slang 19) Good 20) Gradually expand 21) Groovy
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A series of waves that have traveled from their source in a distant storm, and that will start to break once the swell reaches shallow enough water
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[bookbinding] In bookbinding, swell refers to the increased thickness of a textblock along its spine edge after sewing. Swell is a function of the number of sections in the book, the kind of paper used, the style of sewing, and the thickness of the sewing thread. Human factors also influence swell, especially the force with which the bookbi...
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[exhibit] Swell (New York Art Show) is a survey of art inspired by surf and beach culture, curated by Tim Nye and Jacqueline Miro. The exhibition opened to the public on July 1 at the three locations in Chelsea, NY and included work by many members of the group of Venice Beach artists known as Light and Space and Finish Fetish. The show foc...
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[geology] A swell in geology is a domed area of considerable areal extent. According to Leser, it is also called a sill (geology), and is a gently arched landform of various orders of size in topographic, sub-glacial or sub-hydric geology.It may be as small as a rock formation in a river or may assume continental scale. ...
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[ocean] A swell, in the context of an ocean, sea or lake, is a series of mechanical waves that propagate along the interface between water and air and so they are often referred to as surface gravity waves. These series of surface gravity waves are not generated by the immediate local wind, instead by distant weather systems, where wind blo...
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• (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation. • (v. i.) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells...
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1. The act of swelling. ... 2. Gradual increase. Specifically: Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance. ... Increase in height; elevation; rise. 'Little River affords navigation during a swell to within three miles of the Miami.' (Jefferson) ... Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound. 'Music arose with its voluptuous swell.' (Byron...
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An oceanic water wave with a wavelength on the order of 30 meters or more and a height of perhaps 2
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expand; increase in volume
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Swell intransitive verb [
imperfect Swelled ;
past participle Swelled or
Swollen ;
present participle & verbal noun Swelling .] [ Anglo-Saxon
swellan ; akin to Dutch
zwellen , Old Sa...
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Swell adjective Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a
swell person; a
swell neighborhood. [ Slang]
Swell mob .
See under Mob . [ Slang]
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Swell noun 1. The act of swelling.
2. Gradual increase. Specifically:
(a) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
(b) Increase in height; elevation; rise. « Little River affords navigation during a
swell to within three miles of the Miami.»...
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Swell transitive verb 1. To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population. « [ The Church] swells her high, heart-cheering tone.»
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A relatively smooth ocean wave that travels some distance from the area of its generation.
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In music a swell is a gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined.
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Swell is slang for excellent; first-class.
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An oceanic water wave with a wavelength on the order of 30 meters or more and a height of perhaps 2 meters or less that may travel great distances from its source.
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[
n] - a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) 2. [n] - the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea 3. [n] - a crescendo followed by a decrescendo 4. [v] - become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger 5. [v] - increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity 6. [v] - cause to become swollen 7. [...
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A casting defect consisting of an increase in metal section due to the displacement of sand by metal pressure.
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Waves that have traveled a long distance from their GENERATING AREA and have been sorted out by travel into LONG WAVES of the same approximate period.
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crestless wave noun the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
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A casting defect consisting of an increase in metal section due to the displacement of sand by metal pressure.
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[Literary terms] very good
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