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swellsnounpl. of swell a part that sticks out from the general mass of somethingthe graceful swell of the bottle was meant to be evocative of the female figure bulges, bunches, convexities, juts, overhangs, projections, protrusions, protuberances domesblobs, bumps, dilatations, gibbosities, humps, knobs, knots, knurls, lumps, nubs, obtrusions, puffs, snags, swellingsblocks, pieces, portions, sectionsenlargements, escalations, expansions, increaseshills, mounds cavities, concaves, concavities, dents, depressions, dints, hollows, indentations, indents, indentures, pits, recesses craters, holes, wellsbasins, bowls, dips, valleysfurrows, grooves, trenches, troughsdimples, gouges, impressions, notches, pockets a moving ridge on the surface of waterhuge swells overwhelmed the tiny craft swellsverbpresent tense third-person singular of swellto become greater in extent, volume, amount, or numberthe club membership has really swelled in recent months accelerates, accumulates, appreciates, balloons, booms, builds up, burgeons(also bourgeons), climbs, enlarges, escalates, expands, gains, increases, mounts, multiplies, mushrooms, proliferates, rises, rolls up, snowballs, spreads, waxes jumps, rockets, skyrockets, surgesheightens, intensifies, redoublesblows up, bulks, distends, inflates, puffs (up)crescendoes, crests, peaks contracts, decreases, diminishes, dwindles, lessens, recedes, wanes to make greater in size, amount, or numbermore layoffs will swell the ranks of the unemployed to unprecedented levels accelerates, adds (to), aggrandizes, amplifies, augments, boosts, builds up, compounds, enlarges, escalates, expands, extends, hypes, increases, multiplies, pumps up, raises, stokes, supersizes, ups booms, jumps, skyrockets, spikesbumps (up), ratchets (up)also rachets (up)blows up, dilates, distends, inflatesdraws out, elongates, fleshes (out), lengthens, prolongs, protracts, stretchesdevelops, enhances, heightens, intensifies, magnifiescomplements, supplementsbeefs (up), reinforces(also reenforces), strengthensmaximizesaccumulates, amasses, collectsfollows up, parlays abates, decreases, de-escalates, diminishes, downsizes, dwindles, lessens, lowers, minifies, reduces, subtracts (from) abbreviates, abridges, curtails, shortenscompresses, condenses, constricts, contractscuts back, retrenches to extend outward beyond a usual pointat that point the Congo River swells and forms Malebo Pool bags, balloons, beetles, bellies, billows, bulges, bunches, juts, overhangs, pokes, pooches(chiefly dialect), pouches, pouts, projects, protrudes, stands out, starts, sticks out domesblows up, inflatesdilates, distends, expandsmushrooms, snowballselongates, extends, lengthens, stretches compresses, condenses, constricts, contracts, shrinks |