English

Pronunciation
AHD|sw�l, IPA|/swεl/, IPA|/swEl/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�l|-�l

Adjective
en-adj|-

i|nonstandard en-adj|er

1. informal excellent|Excellent.

Translations
trans-top|excellent
French: super#French|super, sensass
German: klasse
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Japanese: 素���� (subarashiī)
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Noun
en-noun

1. A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
2. music A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
3. music A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
4. music A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.

Translations
trans-top|series of waves
German: Dünung f (?)
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Japanese: ��� (uneri)
Nahuatl: timalla, timalloa
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trans-top|music: crescendo followed by diminuendo
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Japanese: 起� (kifuku)
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trans-top|music: device in pipe organ
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Verb
en-verb|swells|swelling|swelled|swollen or swelled

1. intransitive To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.

Translations
trans-top|intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged
Catalan: inflar-se
Dutch: zwellen
Finnish: turvota, paisua
French: gonfler
German: schwellen
Hebrew: he-translation|���|avov
Indonesian: bengkak, bengkak|membengkak
Italian: gonfiare
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Japanese: ��� (fukureru), �起�� (ryūki-suru), ��� (���, hareru)
Nahuatl: timalla, timalloa
Portuguese: inchar, inflamar (med.), intumescer
Slovak: opuchnúť
Spanish: hincharse
Swahili: fura
Swedish: svälla
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Anagrams
wells

Derived terms
rfc-level|Derived terms at L4+ not in L3 POS section
ground swell, groundswell
swelling
upswell
wind swell

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