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1. transitive verb,swelled, swollen or swelled1) (increase in size, height) anschwellen lassen; aufquellen lassen [Holz]swell the ranks [of participants] — die Zahl der Teilnehmer vergrößern
3) blähen [Segel]2. intransitive verb,swelled, swollen or swelled1) (expand) [Körperteil:] anschwellen; [Segel:] sich blähen; [Material:] aufquellen3) (become louder) anschwellen ([in]to zu)3. noun* * *[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.) (an)schwellen (lassen)2. noun(a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm: The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell.) die Dünung3. adjective((especially American) used as a term of approval: a swell idea; That's swell!) prima- academic.ru/72662/swelling">swelling- swollen
- swollen-headed
- swell out
- swell up* * *<swelled, swollen or swelled>[swel]I. vt▪ to \swell sth1. (enlarge) etw anwachsen lassen; water, rain etw anschwellen lassen; fruit etw wachsen [und gedeihen] lassenII. vihis breast \swelled with pride vor Stolz schwoll ihm die Brust3. (get louder) lauter werden, anschwellenthe music \swelled along the corridor as she walked towards the stage die Musik im Flur wurde immer lauter, während sie auf die Bühne zugingthat's a \swell idea! das ist eine bombige Idee! fameverything's going real \swell alles läuft bestens fam* * *[swel] vb: pret swelled, ptp swollen or swelled1. nthere was a heavy swell — es herrschte hoher Seegang or schwere See
2) (dated inf: stylish person) feine Dame, feiner Herr; (= important person) hohes Tier; (of high society) Größe f2. adj3. vtankle, river, sound etc anschwellen lassen; stomach (auf)blähen; wood (auf)quellen; sail blähen; numbers, population anwachsen lassen; sales steigernyour praise will only swell her head — dein Lob wird ihr nur zu Kopf steigen
4. vito swell ( up) with rage — vor Wut rot anlaufen
to swell ( up) with pride — vor Stolz anschwellen
the children's bellies had swollen with hunger — die Bäuche der Kinder waren vom Hunger (auf)gebläht
2) (river, lake, sound etc) anschwellen; (sails also swell out) sich blähen; (wood) quellen; (in size, number population, debt etc) anwachsenthe cheers swelled to a roar —
the debt had swollen to a massive sum — die Schuld war zu einer riesigen Summe angewachsen
See:→ also swollen* * *swell [swel]3. anschwellen (Wasser etc), (an)steigen (Anzahl, Preise, Wasser etc)4. sich wölben:a) ansteigen (Land etc)d) bombieren (Konservendosen)5. hervorbrechen (Quelle, Tränen)6. (auf)quellen (Getreide, Holz etc)a) anschwellen ( into zu)B v/tswell the ranks of die Zahl (gen) vergrößern;swelled with pride stolzgeschwellt2. den Leib etc aufblähen, -treibena) anschwellen lassenb) (an- und ab)schwellen lassenC s1. MED (An)Schwellen n2. a) MED Schwellung fb) Auswuchs m3. SCHIFF Dünung f4. Wölbung f, Ausbuchtung f, -bauchung f5. kleine Anhöhe, sanfte Steigung6. a) Bombage fb) bombierte Konservendose7. Anschwellen n, (An)Steigen n (auch fig),8. MUSa) (An- und Ab)Schwellen n, Schwellton mb) Schwellzeichen n (<>)swell box Jalousieschweller m9. umga) großes oder hohes Tierb) feiner Pinkel pejD adj1. sl prima, klasse* * *1. transitive verb,swelled, swollen or swelled1) (increase in size, height) anschwellen lassen; aufquellen lassen [Holz]2) (increase amount of) anschwellen lassen; vergrößernswell the ranks [of participants] — die Zahl der Teilnehmer vergrößern
3) blähen [Segel]2. intransitive verb,swelled, swollen or swelled1) (expand) [Körperteil:] anschwellen; [Segel:] sich blähen; [Material:] aufquellen2) (increase in amount) [Anzahl:] zunehmen3) (become louder) anschwellen ([in]to zu)3. noun(of sea) Dünung, die* * *n.Schwellen n. v.(§ p.,p.p.: swelled, swollen)= anschwellen v.schwellen v.(§ p.,pp.: schwoll, ist geschwollen)
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