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The correct spelling is swell.
How to pronounce swell
/swɛl/
verbIPA: /swɛl/
Say it like: Swe-ll
The correct spelling is swell. To become bigger, especially due to being engorged. For example: "Rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring."
Usage Examples
“Rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring.”
“The organ music swelled.”
“to be swelled with pride or haughtiness”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- 2.To cause to become bigger.
- 3.To grow gradually in force or loudness.
- 4.To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
- 5.To be raised to arrogance.
noun
- 1.The act of swelling; increase in size.
- 2.A bulge or protuberance.
- 3.Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
- 4.A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
- 5.A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
adjective
- 1.Fashionable, like a swell or dandy.
- 2.Excellent.
adverb
- 1.Very well.
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