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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.) dilatar(-se)2. noun(a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm: The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell.) ondulação3. adjective((especially American) used as a term of approval: a swell idea; That's swell!) formidável- swelling- swollen
- swollen-headed
- swell out
- swell up* * *[swel] n 1 aumento, incremento, inchação, dilatação, expansão. 2 intumescência, turgescência, elevação, protuberância, lugar inchado, lugar elevado. 3 morro, elevação de terreno. 4 onda comprida, vaga. 5 Mus crescendo, seguido de uma diminuição do som, sinal que indica essa gradação. 6 dispositivo do órgão para regular a intensidade do som, volume. 7 pessoa importante, grã-fino, pessoa elegante. • vt (pp swollen, swelled) 1 crescer, inchar, intumescer, expandir, distender, dilatar. 2 ter saliência, alargar-se, ser mais grosso em certa parte, dilatar-se. 3 avolumar-se, aumentar, incrementar. 4 elevar, elevar-se (terra). 5 formar ondas, crescer em ondas. 6 aumentar de som ou de volume, aumentar o volume do som. 7 coll ficar inchado ou arrogante, tornar arrogante ou vaidoso, ensoberbecer. 8 encher, encher-se (de um sentimento forte). • adj 1 coll elegante, grã-fino. 2 excelente, formidável. -
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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.) inchar(-se), dilatar(-se)2. noun(a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm: The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell.) marulhada3. adjective((especially American) used as a term of approval: a swell idea; That's swell!) formidável- swelling- swollen - swollen-headed - swell out - swell up
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