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dagadás, kiemelkedés, hullámverés, domborulat to swell: súlyosbít, megnagyobbodik, megduzzad, duzzaszt* * *[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.) (meg)duzzaszt; (meg)dagad2. noun(a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm: The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell.) (vihar utáni) hullámzás3. adjective((especially American) used as a term of approval: a swell idea; That's swell!) pompás- swelling- swollen
- swollen-headed
- swell out
- swell up
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