swells
Increases in size
Swells serves as both noun and verb forms of swell.
Ocean swells are long, rolling waves that travel great distances from storms.
In older slang, swells are fashionable, well-dressed people of high social standing: The swells arrived in their carriages.
As a verb: The river swells after heavy rain, Pride swells in her chest, The crowd swells as showtime approaches.
Traveling energy disturbances
- surfWaves near shore
- breakersWaves that collapse shoreward
- rollersRotating cylindrical movers
- whitecapsFoam-topped breaking waves
crests · troughs · groundswell · sets · peaks · barrels · curls · swellhead
Fill with gas
- bloatSwell abnormally
- distendEnlarge by pressure within
- puffBrief burst of air
- balloonInflatable rubber sac
bulge · enlarge · dilate · engorge · billow · expand · protrude · fill
Gradual increase in loudness
- dynamicsStudy of forces
- buildCreate a structure
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- loudnessPerceived sound intensity
fortissimo · intensity · volume · orchestral · cinematic · dramatic · peak · rising
Satisfaction from one's achievements
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- wellingRising to overflow
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
bursting · rising · stirring · upwelling · brimming · heart · chest · tears
Saddle's front knob
- cantleRear saddle projection
- seatPlace for sitting
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- paddingMaterial for cushioning
gullet · flap · skirt · panel · billets · girth · tree · leather
Currently in style
- dandyFashion-obsessed gentleman
- aristocratPerson of noble birth
- socialiteProminent figure in fashionable circles
- gentlemanCourteous, honorable man
upper-class · well-dressed · dapper · posh · fancy · high society · bluebloods · affluent
Pathological tissue puffiness
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- bruiseDiscolored tissue injury
- contusionTissue damage beneath skin
- hematomaBlood collected outside vessels
lump · puffiness · fluid retention · lymphedema · bloating · tenderness · redness · tumor
waves
Traveling energy disturbances
whitecaps · crests · troughs · groundswell · sets · peaks · barrels · curls · swellhead · fetch
inflate
Fill with gas
balloon · bulge · enlarge · dilate · engorge · billow · expand · protrude · fill · plump
crescendo
Gradual increase in loudness
loudness · fortissimo · intensity · volume · orchestral · cinematic · dramatic · peak · rising · bombastic
pride
Satisfaction from one's achievements
overflow · bursting · rising · stirring · upwelling · brimming · heart · chest · tears · passion
pommel
Saddle's front knob
padding · gullet · flap · skirt · panel · billets · girth · tree · leather
fashionable
Currently in style
- dandyFashion-obsessed gentleman
- aristocratPerson of noble birth
- socialiteProminent figure in fashionable circles
gentleman · upper-class · well-dressed · dapper · posh · fancy · high society · bluebloods · affluent · stylish
edema
Pathological tissue puffiness
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- bruiseDiscolored tissue injury
- contusionTissue damage beneath skin
hematoma · lump · puffiness · fluid retention · lymphedema · bloating · tenderness · redness · tumor · abscess
- waveswave crest, shock wave, wave front, blast wave, seismic wave
- undulationsundulation, ripple, ripples, rippling, wave
- wave patternstide patterns, ripples, crests, curls, whitecaps
- oceanwaves, Atlantic, sea, Pacific, tide
- Ocean Phenomenatsunami, tides, rogue wave, ocean current, whirlpool
- open seaocean, sea, high seas, open ocean, deep blue
- swell upIncrease in size abnormally
- ground swellRising tide of opinion
- swelled up
- swelled headExcessive self-importance
- ocean swellsLong open-sea waves
- brain swellingFluid accumulation in cranium