English English Dictionary

Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound.

Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.

A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.

A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor.

A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.

A showy, dashing person; a dandy.

Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood.

People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.

of Swell

of Swell

Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon.

of Swell

The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride.

A protuberance; a prominence

an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling.

Dandified; stylish.

A swellfish.

imp. of Swell.

To die; to perish.

To faint; to swoon.