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[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.) narasti, oteči2. noun(a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm: The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell.) valovanje3. adjective((especially American) used as a term of approval: a swell idea; That's swell!) imeniten- swelling- swollen
- swollen-headed
- swell out
- swell up* * *I [swel]1.nounoteklina, oteklost, nabreklost, otòk; otekanje; nautical valovanje po viharju; architecture izboklina, izbočina, izbok; rahla strmina, vzpetina (zemljišča); figuratively porast, naraščanje; music crescendo, za katerim pride diminuendo; (o orglah) naprava za jačanje in slabljenje zvoka; colloquially imetnik, odličnik, mojster, fin gospod, fina dama; slang gizdalin, elegan, gizdalinka, modna dama; poznavaleca swell at s.th. — poznavalec, mojster česa, zelo dober igralec ( at tennis tenisa)a swell in politics figuratively visoka živina v politikia big swell figuratively visoka, vplivna osebawhat a swell you are! — kako si eleganten!there was a heavy swell on — valovi so bili zelo veliki;2.adjective slangtiptop, šik, zelo eleganten, moden; imeniten, odličen, sijajena swell person — imenitna oseba, odličnikswell society — elegantna, fina družbaswell mob colloquially hohštaplerji, kriminalci, lepo oblečeni lopoviII [swel]1.intransitive verb(tudi swell up, swell out) oteči, otekati, nabrekniti; napihniti se, napeti se, nabuhniti, napenjati se; (voda) narasti; (jadro) napeti se, napihniti se; rasti, prerasti ( into v), narasti, povečati se; izbruhniti (izvirek, solze); architecture izbočiti se; figuratively kipeti (čustva); (srce) napenjati se, (hoteti) počiti ( with od); biti poln ( with česa), figuratively napihovati se, hvalisati se, bahati se;2.transitive verb (tudi swell up, swell out) napihniti, napeti; razširiti, povečati ( into do), zvišati, pomnožitiswelled head slang nadutost, domišljavostto swell note music peti (igrati) noto izmenoma crescendo in diminuendoto suffer from swelled head figuratively biti nadut, domišljav
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