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- verbswell (verb) · swells (third person present) · swelled (past tense) · swelling (present participle) · swollen (past participle)nounswell (noun) · swells (plural noun)
- a full or gently rounded shape or form:"the soft swell of her breast"
- a mechanism for producing a crescendo or diminuendo in an organ or harmonium.
adjectiveNORTH AMERICANinformaldatedswell (adjective)adverbNORTH AMERICANinformaldatedswell (adverb)- excellently; very well:"everything was just going swell"
OriginOld English swellan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German schwellen. Current senses of the noun date from the early 16th century; the informal adjectival use derives from noun swell (late 18th century). - People also ask
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