swell

swell
swel 1. past tense - swelled; verb
(to make or become larger, greater or thicker: The insect-bite made her finger swell; The continual rain had swollen the river; I invited her to join us on the excursion in order to swell the numbers.) svulme (opp); (for)øke, vokse
2. noun
(a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm: The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell.) dønning
3. adjective
((especially American) used as a term of approval: a swell idea; That's swell!) alle tiders, flott!
- swollen
- swollen-headed
- swell out
- swell up
dønning
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flott
I
subst. \/swel\/
1) (opp)svulming, klump, hevelse, kul, utbuktning
the physiotherapist put ice on the swell
fysioterapeuten la is på hevelsen
the dress underlined the swell of her breasts
kjolen fremhevet brystenes runding \/ kjolen fremhevet hennes svulmende barm
2) (landskap) stigning, høydedrag, høyde, kolle
3) bølgegang, (etter)dønning
there is a heavy swell on
det går høye dønninger
4) (også musikk) økning, forsterkning, crescendo, brus
5) (musikk, i orgel) sveller
6) (hverdagslig) snobb, pamp
be a swell at something (ofte spøkefullt) være en kløpper til noe, være en mester i noe, være spesialist på noe
rolling swell tung dønning (med lange bølger)
II
verb (swell ollen , noen ganger swelled
- swelled) \/swel\/
1) hovne, (få til å) svelle, (få til å) svulme (opp), bule (ut)
my painful toe began to swell
den vonde tåen min begynte å hovne
2) (få til å) stige, (få til å) heve seg, utvide, blåse opp, fylle
the wind swelled the sails
vinden fylte seilene
3) (også overført) øke, forhøye, forsterke, (få til å) vokse
the new ad in the paper swelled the demand
den nye avisannonsen økte etterspørselen
4) (også overført) være sprekkeferdig, være oppblåst, gå og briske seg, svulme
5) (om musikk e.l.) (la) velle frem, (la) bruse (frem), (la) tilta i styrke
the lights were turned off and the music began to swell
lysene ble slått av og musikken tiltok i styrke
swell out svelle ut, bukte ut, svulme opp
swell up hovne, svelle\/svulme opp
swell with something svulme av noe, fylles av noe, flyte over av noe
his heart swelled with pride
hjertet hans svulmet av stolthet
III
adj. \/swel\/
1) (amer., hverdagslig, gammeldags) flott
2) finfin, alle tiders, toppen

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