Words · Common
swell
/swɛl/ · 5 letters · 4 distinct letters
- verb
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
The music swelled to a crescendo
- verb
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son
- verb
expand abnormally
The bellies of the starving children are swelling
- noun
the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- noun
a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)