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What does swell mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word swell? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
  2. (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
  3. (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
  4. (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
  5. (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
  6. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
  7. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
  8. To protuberate; to bulge out.
Noun
  1. The act of swelling.
  2. Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
  3. A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
  4. (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
  5. (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
  6. (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
  7. A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
  8. (informal, dated) A person who is dressed in a fancy or elegant manner.
  9. (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
Adjective
  1. (US, informal) Excellent.
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