SWELL


Meaning of SWELL in English

I.

noun

1 movement of the surface of the sea

ADJECTIVE

▪ heavy

▪ gentle , slight

▪ 10-foot , 20-foot , etc.

▪ Atlantic , ocean

The ship was bobbing up and down like a small boat in a heavy ocean ~.

SWELL + VERB

▪ break , come in , roll in , surge up

The Atlantic ~ surged up under them.

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the ~

The trawler rolled wildly in the heavy ~.

▪ on the ~

▪ with the ~

The boat rose and fell with the ~.

2 curve in sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ gentle , soft

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ of

the gentle ~ of her breasts

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ badly

His sprained ankle had swollen badly.

▪ slightly

▪ up

Her feet ~ed up after the long walk to the top of the hill.

PREPOSITION

▪ to

My fingers and thumbs ~ed to grotesque proportions.

▪ with

Her legs had swollen with the heat.

PHRASES

▪ ~ shut

His right eye had almost swollen shut.

Swell is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ belly , ↑ chest , ↑ crowd

Swell is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ rank

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .