swell

swell
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noun
1 movement of the surface of the sea
ADJECTIVE
heavy
gentle, slight
10-foot, 20-foot, etc.
Atlantic, ocean

The ship was bobbing up and down like a small boat in a heavy ocean swell.

SWELL + VERB
break, come in, roll in, surge up

The Atlantic swell surged up under them.

PREPOSITION
in a/the swell

The trawler rolled wildly in the heavy swell.

on the swell
with the swell

The boat rose and fell with the swell.

2 curve in sth
ADJECTIVE
gentle, soft
PREPOSITION
swell of

the gentle swell of her breasts

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verb
ADVERB
badly

His sprained ankle had swollen badly.

slightly
up

Her feet swelled up after the long walk to the top of the hill.

PREPOSITION
to

My fingers and thumbs swelled to grotesque proportions.

with

Her legs had swollen with the heat.

PHRASES
swell shut

His right eye had almost swollen shut.

Swell is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑belly, ↑chest, ↑crowd
Swell is used with these nouns as the object: ↑rank

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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  • swell — [swel] vi. swelled, swelled or swollen, swelling [ME swellen < OE swellan; akin to Ger schwellen, ON svella] 1. to increase in volume or become larger as a result of pressure from within; expand; dilate 2. to become larger at a particular… …   English World dictionary

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