The meaning of Swell

verb

(especially of a vehicle) begin to move more quickly.

Usage examples:

The car accelerated towards her

verb

Move faster

verb

To move more quickly, or to make something happen faster or sooner

Usage examples:

[ i ] he stepped on the gas and accelerated rapidly to pass a car.

noun

A vehicle's capacity to gain speed.

Usage examples:

The three-litre model has spectacular acceleration

noun

The rate of change in the speed of something over time

Usage examples:

The car has good acceleration.

noun

An increase in the speed or rate of something

Usage examples:

An acceleration in sth there has been a rapid acceleration in the rate of growth of new orders., a …

verb

Gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.

Usage examples:

Investigators have yet to accumulate enough evidence

adjective

Causing great surprise or wonder; astonishing.

Usage examples:

An amazing number of people registered

verb

Surprise (someone) greatly; fill with astonishment.

Usage examples:

She amazed doctors by fighting back when her deteriorating condition caused her to suffer heart fai…

adjective

Making someone feel extremely surprised

Usage examples:

It’s pretty amazing how much top athletes get paid.

noun

A small coloured rubber bag that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration.

Usage examples:

The room was festooned with balloons and streamers

verb

A small coloured rubber bag which is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration.

Usage examples:

The room was festooned with balloons and streamers

noun

A large undulating mass of something, typically cloud, smoke, or steam.

Usage examples:

Flying in across a track of pearl and gold laid by the setting sun across the atlantic, i watched t…

verb

(of fabric) fill with air and swell outwards.

Usage examples:

Her dress billowed out around her

verb

To spread over a large area, or (esp. of items made of cloth) to become filled with air and appear to be larger

Usage examples:

The building is draped in blue plastic sheeting that flaps and billows like a sail., billows of smoke

adjective

(of fabric) filled with air and swelling outwards.

Usage examples:

A billowing skirt and shirt

verb

(of fabric) fill with air and swell outwards.

Usage examples:

Her dress billowed out around her

verb

Present participle of billow

Usage examples:

Smoke billowed (out) from the burning building., the sheets/shirts hanging on the line billowed in …

verb

Make or become swollen with fluid or gas.

Usage examples:

The fungus has bloated their abdomens

noun

A disease of livestock characterized by an accumulation of gas in the stomach.

Usage examples:

Also, grazing that leaves very short stubble could lead to a greater risk of bloat if livestock are…

verb

Cure (a herring) by salting and smoking it lightly.

Usage examples:

The latter, however, are very agreeable and good for making pickled or bloated herring.

noun

A rounded swelling which distorts an otherwise flat surface.

Usage examples:

The telltale bulge of a concealed weapon

verb

Swell or protrude to an incongruous extent.

Usage examples:

The veins in his neck bulged

adjective

Swelling outwards; protruding.

Usage examples:

He stared with bulging eyes

verb

Swell or protrude to an incongruous extent.

Usage examples:

The veins in his neck bulged

noun

A severe flood.

Usage examples:

This may be the worst deluge in living memory

verb

Overwhelm with a flood.

Usage examples:

Caravans were deluged by the heavy rains

noun

A very large volume of something, more than can be managed

Usage examples:

The newspaper received a deluge of complaints about the article., the senator’s office was deluged …

verb

Make or become wider, larger, or more open.

Usage examples:

Her eyes dilated with horror

verb

To become or make something, esp. an opening, wider or more open

Usage examples:

[ t ] the doctor put drops in my eyes to dilate the pupils.

verb

Swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside.

Usage examples:

The abdomen distended rapidly

verb

(usually of the stomach or another part of the body) to swell and become large, especially because of pressure from inside

Usage examples:

During digestion, sugar may produce wind that distends the stomach., the medication i take causes m…

verb

Make or become larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

They have renovated and enlarged the four-storey building

verb

To become larger, or to cause something to become larger

Usage examples:

The city council voted to enlarge the park., he suffers from an enlarged heart.

verb

To become bigger, or to make something bigger

Usage examples:

The inclusion of customs receipts will enlarge the available pool of money., enlarged business/comp…

verb

Increase rapidly.

Usage examples:

The price of tickets escalated

verb

To make or become greater or more serious

Usage examples:

[ t ] sending in more troops would escalate the war., [ i ] our costs escalated considerably over t…

verb

To become more important or serious, or to make something do this

Usage examples:

A problem/crisis/dispute escalates mediation can be used to settle disputes at an early stage and s…

noun

A rapid increase; a rise.

Usage examples:

Cost escalations

noun

The process of becoming greater or more serious, or a particular situation when this happens

Usage examples:

[ u ] the escalation of costs, [ c ] military escalation

adjective

Extremely good; outstanding.

Usage examples:

The lorry was in excellent condition

exclamation

Used to indicate approval or pleasure.

Usage examples:

‘what a lovely idea! excellent!’

adjective

Extremely good

Usage examples:

The car is in excellent condition., the school is known for its excellence.

verb

Become or make larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

Their business expanded into other hotels

verb

Extend in one or more directions

verb

To increase something in size, number, or importance

Usage examples:

[ i ] the air in the balloon expands when heated., [ t ] they expanded their number of stores signi…

noun

The action of becoming larger or more extensive.

Usage examples:

The rapid expansion of suburban london

noun

An increase in the size, number, or importance of something

Usage examples:

A rapid/major/massive expansion the rapid expansion of the software industry, the planned/possible …

adjective

Extraordinarily good or attractive.

Usage examples:

They did a fantastic job

verb

Make or become fat or fatter.

Usage examples:

He could do with some good food to fatten him up

phrasal verb

To give an animal or a thin person a lot of food so that they become fatter

Usage examples:

These cattle are being fattened up for slaughter., humorous you're just trying to fatten me up.

phrasal verb

Write all the required information onto a form

phrasal verb

To become larger

Usage examples:

When john is older and fills out some, he’ll be an outstanding athlete.

phrasal verb

To write or type information in spaces that are provided for it

Usage examples:

The 9m taxpayers obliged to fill out self-assessment forms must file their returns by september 30.

adjective

Extremely good

Usage examples:

A first-rate performance

adjective

Of the highest quality

Usage examples:

The country's universities are first-rate., we were very impressed with what glasgow has to offer a…

adjective

Of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average.

Usage examples:

The article was of great interest

noun

An important or distinguished person.

Usage examples:

The beatles, bob dylan, all the greats

adverb

Another term for literae humaniores.

verb

(of a living thing) undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically.

Usage examples:

He would watch nick grow to manhood

verb

Increase in size by natural process

noun

The process of increasing in size.

Usage examples:

The upward growth of plants

noun

The process of developing or of increasing in size

Usage examples:

[ u ] plant growth is most noticeable in spring., [ u ] his budget is designed to promote economic …

noun

An increase in the ability of an economy or business to produce goods and services

Usage examples:

The growth of the indian economy, we have had three successive years of economic growth., growth ra…

abbreviation

Incorporated.

Usage examples:

Northeast airlines inc

abbreviation

Including.

adjective

Short form ofincorporated

Usage examples:

Automated document systems, inc.

verb

Become or make greater in size, amount, or degree.

Usage examples:

Car use is increasing at an alarming rate

noun

A rise in the size, amount, or degree of something.

Usage examples:

An increase of 28.3 per cent

verb

A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous

verb

Fill (a balloon, tyre, or other expandable structure) with air or gas so that it becomes distended.

Usage examples:

Never use an air line on a garage forecourt to inflate your tyres

verb

To cause an object to increase in size and shape by filling it with air or gas, or (of an object) to become larger as a result of this process

Usage examples:

[ t ] to inflate balloons, [ i ] air bags in cars are designed to inflate automatically on impact.,…

verb

To increase the value or price of something, or to become more valuable or expensive

Usage examples:

People who bought homes years ago have seen the values inflate and property taxes rise with the inf…

verb

Swell up.

Usage examples:

Each woman i take seems to deepen my rage, intumesce my lust, and refine my deviant appetite.

adjective

Extremely beautiful, elaborate, or impressive.

Usage examples:

A dramatic landscape of magnificent mountains

adjective

Causing great wonder; extraordinary.

Usage examples:

These marvellous technological toys are fun to play with

adjective

Extremely good

Usage examples:

He's done a marvellous job of the decorating., it took me ages to get it right, but it was a marvel…

verb

Climb up (stairs, a hill, or other rising surface).

Usage examples:

He mounted the steps

noun

A backing or setting on which a photograph, gem, or work of art is set for display.

Usage examples:

A decorated photograph mount

noun

A mountain or hill (archaic except in place names).

Usage examples:

Mount etna

noun

An act of moving.

Usage examples:

A slight movement of the body

noun

The act or process of changing a situation or event, or of changing the way something happens or is done

Usage examples:

[ c ] there has been a movement toward smaller families., the women’s movement works for better job…

noun

A change in a number, price, etc. for example on a financial market

Usage examples:

Movements in sth short-term movements in currency are difficult to predict., this stock market repo…

verb

Obtain from (a number) another which contains the first number a specified number of times.

Usage examples:

Multiply fourteen by nineteen

adverb

In several different ways or respects.

Usage examples:

Multiply injured patients

verb

To add a number to itself a particular number of times

Usage examples:

[ t ] if you multiply 7 by 15 you get 105., [ i ] the viruses multiply within the body.

noun

A fungal growth that typically takes the form of a domed cap on a stalk, with gills on the underside of the cap.

Usage examples:

She sautéd the mushrooms in butter

verb

Increase, spread, or develop rapidly.

Usage examples:

Environmental concern mushroomed in the 1960s

noun

Any one of many types of fast-growing fungus (= plants without leaves or flowers) with a round top and short stem, many of which are used as food

Usage examples:

Wild mushrooms, mushroom soup, a pizza with mushrooms, if your business were to mushroom, would you…

adjective

Rapidly growing, expanding, or developing.

Usage examples:

He has attacked what he describes as the culture of waste and mushrooming costs

noun

Very rapid growth, expansion, or development.

Usage examples:

Our main concern is the mushrooming of unregulated hand car wash businesses

verb

Increase, spread, or develop rapidly.

Usage examples:

Environmental concern mushroomed in the 1960s

verb

Increase rapidly in number; multiply.

Usage examples:

The science fiction magazines which proliferated in the 1920s

verb

To increase greatly in number or amount, usually quickly

Usage examples:

Amusement and theme parks are proliferating across the country., the proliferation of cell phones h…

noun

Rapid increase in the number or amount of something.

Usage examples:

A continuing threat of nuclear proliferation

verb

Move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.

Usage examples:

The tiny aircraft rose from the ground

noun

An upward movement; an instance of rising.

Usage examples:

The bird has a display flight of steep flapping rises

verb

Move upward

verb

Move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis.

Usage examples:

The car rolled down into a ditch

noun

A cylinder formed by winding flexible material round a tube or by turning it over and over on itself without folding.

Usage examples:

A roll of carpet

verb

Move by turning over or rotating

adjective

Moving by turning over and over on an axis.

Usage examples:

A rolling ball

verb

Move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis.

Usage examples:

The car rolled down into a ditch

adjective

(of hills) gently rising and falling

verb

Move with urgent haste.

Usage examples:

Oliver rushed after her

noun

A sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people.

Usage examples:

There was a rush for the door

noun

An erect, tufted marsh or waterside plant resembling a sedge or grass, with inconspicuous greenish or brownish flowers. widely distributed in temperate areas, some kinds are used for matting, chair seats, and baskets.

Usage examples:

Then the land went down, and there was marsh of rushes and willow and hazel.

noun

A rocket designed to explode high in the air as a signal or firework.

Usage examples:

The crowd at st heliers bay was a rowdy bunch that year, with music, alcohol, fireworks, skyrockets…

verb

(of a price, rate, or amount) increase very steeply or rapidly.

Usage examples:

The cost of the welfare system has skyrocketed

verb

(esp. of amounts) to rise extremely quickly

Usage examples:

The value of their business skyrocketed last year.

verb

(of a price, rate, or amount) increase very steeply or rapidly.

Usage examples:

The cost of the welfare system has skyrocketed

noun

A rocket designed to explode high in the air as a signal or firework.

Usage examples:

The crowd at st heliers bay was a rowdy bunch that year, with music, alcohol, fireworks, skyrockets…

verb

Present participle of skyrocket

Usage examples:

Housing prices have skyrocketed in recent months.

noun

A ball of packed snow, especially one made for throwing at other people for fun.

Usage examples:

They pelted him with snowballs

verb

Throw snowballs at.

Usage examples:

I made sure the other kids stopped snowballing celia

noun

Snow pressed into a ball

Usage examples:

Public support for military action has snowballed.

verb

Throw snowballs at.

Usage examples:

I made sure the other kids stopped snowballing celia

noun

A ball of packed snow, especially one made for throwing at other people for fun.

Usage examples:

They pelted him with snowballs

noun

A cocktail containing advocaat and lemonade.

adjective

Magnificent; very impressive.

Usage examples:

A splendid view of windsor castle

adjective

Extremely good, large, or important

Usage examples:

Our splendid weather ended with a terrible storm., the splendid old opera house was torn down.

phrasal verb

To take action when there is a need or opportunity for it

Usage examples:

Investors have to step up and assume more responsibility for their assets., efforts were stepped up…

phrasal verb

To increase the size, amount, or speed of a process in order to achieve something

Usage examples:

We need to step up production in order to meet our deadline., a step-up in sth we have seen a step-…

adjective

Very good or pleasant; excellent.

Usage examples:

Julie was a super girl

adverb

Especially; particularly.

Usage examples:

He's been super understanding

noun

Short for superficial (used in expressing quantities of material).

adjective

Very good; excellent.

Usage examples:

A superb performance

noun

A sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide.

Usage examples:

Flooding caused by tidal surges

verb

(of a crowd or a natural force) move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward.

Usage examples:

The journalists surged forward

noun

A sudden and great increase

Usage examples:

A surge in sales, a surge in the stock market, the young american’s victory touched off a surge of …

verb

(of a crowd or a natural force) move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward.

Usage examples:

The journalists surged forward

noun

A sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide.

Usage examples:

Flooding caused by tidal surges

noun

A sudden large increase, typically a temporary one.

Usage examples:

The firm predicted a 20% surge in sales

verb

Become swollen.

Usage examples:

The tumefied face, the swollen and blackened eyes and lips

noun

The action of moving smoothly up and down.

Usage examples:

The soft undulation of the waves animates the scene

verb

Move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal.

Usage examples:

He waved to me from the train

noun

A long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore.

Usage examples:

He was swept out to sea by a freak wave

verb

(physics) a movement up and down or back and forth

noun

A sticky yellowish mouldable substance secreted by honeybees as the material of a honeycomb; beeswax.

Usage examples:

In the case of the honeycombs, the worker bees secrete small flakes of wax and probably surround th…

verb

Cover or treat (something) with wax or a similar substance, typically to polish or protect it.

Usage examples:

I washed and waxed the floor

verb

(of the moon between new and full) have a progressively larger part of its visible surface illuminated, increasing its apparent size.

Usage examples:

The moon waxed full, looming huge upon the speckled expanse.

adjective

Inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvellous.

Usage examples:

They all think she's wonderful

adjective

Extremely good

Usage examples:

Becoming a father was the most wonderful experience of my life., i took a vacation and feel wonderf…