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swelled
Overview of verb swell
The verb swell has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (5) swell -- (increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity; "The music swelled to a crescendo")
2. (4) swell, puff up -- (become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son")
3. (4) swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce -- (expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling")
4. (1) well up, swell -- (come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it")
5. (1) well, swell -- (come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up")
6. swell -- (cause to become swollen; "The water swells the wood")
Overview of adj swelled
The adj swelled has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) big, swelled, vainglorious -- (feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride")
Grep of noun swelled
swelled head
Antonyms of verb swell
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb swell
6 senses of swell
Sense 1
swell
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 2
swell, puff up
=> act, behave, do
Sense 3
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
=> expand
=> grow
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 4
well up, swell
=> originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
=> become
Sense 5
well, swell
=> surface, come up, rise up, rise
=> ascend, go up
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 6
swell
=> grow
=> develop, make grow
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb swell
2 of 6 senses of swell
Sense 3
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
=> distend
=> belly, belly out
=> puff, puff up, blow up, puff out
=> bloat
=> blister, vesicate
Sense 6
swell
=> bulge, bulk
=> tumefy
=> bloat
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb swell
6 senses of swell
Sense 1
swell
=> increase
Sense 2
swell, puff up
=> act, behave, do
Sense 3
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
=> expand
Sense 4
well up, swell
=> originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
Sense 5
well, swell
=> surface, come up, rise up, rise
Sense 6
swell
=> grow
'Cause To' of verb swell
1 of 6 senses of swell
Sense 6
swell
=> swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
Derived Forms of verb swell
1 of 6 senses of swell
Sense 3
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
RELATED TO>(noun) swelling#1
=> swelling, puffiness, lump
Domain of verb swell
Domain Terms of verb swell
Familiarity of verb swell
swell used as a verb is common (polysemy count =6)
Sample Sentences of verb swell
6 senses of swell
Sense 1
swell
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 2
swell, puff up
*> Something ----s
Sense 3
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
EX: Did his feet swell?
Sense 4
well up, swell
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 5
well, swell
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 6
swell
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb swell
6 senses of swell
Sense 1
swell
> increase
=> accrue
=> spike
=> add to
=> gain
=> explode, irrupt
=> pyramid
=> snowball
=> accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
=> add
=> intensify, deepen
=> intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
=> grow
=> pullulate
=> widen
=> appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue
=> broaden
=> shoot up
=> wax, mount, climb, rise
=> wax, full
=> crescendo
=> swell
Sense 2
swell, puff up
> act, behave, do
=> act involuntarily, act reflexively
=> fall over backwards, bend over backwards
=> presume
=> vulgarize, vulgarise
=> optimize, optimise
=> quack
=> menace
=> make
=> swagger, bluster, swash
=> freeze
=> wanton
=> romanticize
=> sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentize, sentimentise
=> bungle
=> play, toy
=> act, play, act as
=> stooge
=> joke, jest
=> piffle
=> make
=> make as if
=> break down, lose it, snap
=> dally, dawdle
=> backslap
=> hugger mugger
=> sauce
=> footle
=> frivol, trifle
=> swell, puff up
=> follow
=> relax, loosen up
=> ramp, rage, storm
Sense 3
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
> expand
=> balloon, inflate, billow
=> swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
Sense 4
well up, swell
> originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
=> resurge
=> come forth, emerge
=> come, follow
=> well up, swell
=> head
Sense 5
well, swell
> surface, come up, rise up, rise
=> emerge
=> resurface
=> bubble up, intumesce
=> well, swell
Sense 6
swell
> grow
=> vegetate
=> rotate
=> swell
=> germinate
=> root
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb swell
Sense 1
swell
=> increase
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Sense 2
swell, puff up
=> act, behave, do
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Sense 3
swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
=> expand
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Sense 4
well up, swell
=> originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
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Sense 5
well, swell
=> surface, come up, rise up, rise
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Sense 6
swell
=> grow
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Grep of verb swell
swell
swell up
Antonyms of adj swelled
1 sense of swelled
Sense 1
big, swelled, vainglorious
INDIRECT (VIA proud) -> humble
Similarity of adj swelled
1 sense of swelled
Sense 1
big, swelled, vainglorious
=> proud (vs. humble)
Pertainyms of adj swelled
Attributes of adj swelled
Domain of adj swelled
Domain Terms of adj swelled
Familiarity of adj swelled
swelled used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj swelled
swelled
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