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swell v. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo"
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swell v. [
puff up] become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
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swell v. [
swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce] expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
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swell n. [
crestless wave] the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
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swell n. a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
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