swell
1. Stylish; socially prominent
2. Excellent used as a generalized term of enthusiasm
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1. Stylish; socially prominent
2. Excellent used as a generalized term of enthusiasm
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Množina: swells
1. A crescendo followed by a decrescendo.
2. A rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor).
3. The undulating movement of the surface of the open sea; SYN. crestless wave.
beau · clotheshorse · crestless wave · dandy · dude · fashion plate · fop · gallant · sheik
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(Irregular preterit, past participle: swelled, swollen).
1. To become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; SYN. puff up.
2. To cause to become swollen.
3. To expand abnormally; SYN. swell up, distend.
4. To increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity.
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Množina: swell boxes
A chamber in an organ containing a set of pipes and having shutters that open or shut to regulate the volume of tone.
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Množina: swell organs
In music, the second manual (keyboard) of an organ, characterized by a swell mechanism which can vary the volume given by any combination of stops. The swell organ sometimes has the greatest number of stops and pipes, ranging from a wide variety of flues to a selection of reeds.
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Množina: swell-fronts
Bowfront.
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Feeling self-importance
big · proud · vainglorious
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Množina: swelled heads
An exaggerated opinion of oneself; self-conceit
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Množina: swellfish
Puffer fish
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Množina: swellheads
One who has a swelled head; a conceited person
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Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance (N.Amer.)
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Becoming puffy as from internal bleeding or accumulation of other fluids
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Množina: swellings
Abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement; SYN. puffiness, lump.
The increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
intumescence · intumescency · lump · puffiness
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Singular of swellings is swelling.
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