swell
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
Types & categories
- wave hypernym
- heavy swell hyponym
Sense 2 verb
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
The music swelled to a crescendo
Types & categories
- increase hypernym
Sense 3 adjective
very good
he did a bully job
Related & opposite
- colloquialism domain usage
- good similar to
Sense 4 noun
a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
Types & categories
- natural elevation hypernym
Sense 5 verb
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son
Types & categories
- behave hypernym
Sense 6 noun
a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
Types & categories
- crescendo hypernym
Sense 7 verb
expand abnormally
The bellies of the starving children are swelling
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- tumefaction derivation
- puffiness derivation
- intumescence derivation
- intumescent derivation
Sense 8 noun
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dandify derivation
Sense 9 verb
come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
Strong emotions welled up
Types & categories
- arise hypernym
Sense 10 verb
come up, as of a liquid
Tears well in her eyes
Types & categories
- surface hypernym
Sense 11 verb
cause to become swollen
The water swells the wood
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- swell up causes
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wave |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heavy swell |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | good |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural elevation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | behave |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | crescendo |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | tumefaction |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | puffiness |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | intumescence |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | intumescent |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | expand |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | distend |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | belly |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | puff out |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bloat |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | blister |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | dandify |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | man |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | coxcomb |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | macaroni |
| 8 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Brummell |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | arise |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | surface |
| 11 | causes | Related & opposite | swell up |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | bulk |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | tumefy |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | bloat |