Swell meaning in Urdu & English |
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(1) - Swell (v. t.) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness. (2) - Swell (v. i.) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish. (3) - Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves. (4) - Swell (v. i.) To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride. (5) - Swell (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell. (6) - Swell (v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style. (7) - Swell (v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle. (8) - Swell (v. i.) To be elated; to rise arrogantly. (9) - Swell (v. i.) To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand. (10) - Swell (v. i.) To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount. (11) - Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big. (12) - Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation. (13) - Swell (v. t.) To aggravate; to heighten. (14) - Swell (a.) Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood. (15) - Swell (v. t.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note. (16) - Swell (n.) The act of swelling. (17) - Swell (n.) Gradual increase. (18) - Swell (n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance. (19) - Swell (n.) Increase in height; elevation; rise. (20) - Swell (n.) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound. (21) - Swell (n.) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force. (22) - Swell (n.) A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells. (23) - Swell (n.) 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. (24) - Swell (n.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign. (25) - Swell (n.) A showy, dashing person; a dandy. (26) - Swell (v. t.) To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population.
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