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swell
  1. The act of swelling.
  2. Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
  3. A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
  4. (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
  5. (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
  6. (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
  7. A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
  8. (informal, dated) A person who is dressed in a fancy or elegant manner.
  9. (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
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  11. Examples:
    1. “The query is, does this arise from the immediate stroke of the heart, or is it by the lateral pressure, occasioned by the swell of the arteries?”
      “The country anticipates a huge swell of senior citizens in the coming years.”
      “You smell the salt air of the ocean, feel the swell of the waves under your boat, and the slipperiness of a freshly caught fish.”
swelling
  1. The state of being swollen.
  2. Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “In these cases, the external auditory canal lacks cerumen and is lined by dry, hypertrophic skin with variable swelling and stenosis.”
swelldom
  1. (humorous) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.
swoleness
  1. The state, quality, or condition of being swole.
swellability
  1. Quality or degree of being swellable.
swollenness
  1. The state or condition of being swollen.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The swollenness of her injured ankle made it difficult for her to walk.”
sweller
  1. One who, or that which, swells.
swellness
  1. The quality of being swell.
swellabilities
  1. plural of swellability
swellings
  1. plural of swelling
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Another plant, also called alum root, was pounded up and used wet to apply to sores and swellings.”
      “The cortical filaments are terminated by small swellings, called utricles, which form the external surface of the thallus.”
      “Violet leaves were used for swellings, and a brew of camomile flowers was useful in cases of sleeplessness-and gumboils!”
swellers
  1. plural of sweller
swells
  1. plural of swell
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  3. Examples:
    1. “As a result, the belly swells up like a hot-air balloon, and this condition is called as aerophagy.”
      “If you imagine the ground as the surface of a sea, these waves range from ripples to choppy whitecaps to long, slow swells.”
      “Heavy swells and strong westerly winds made for tough rowing conditions and the organisers were taking no chances with the safety of competitors.”
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