Synonym: amplify, billow, broaden, bulge, enlarge, expand, gain, good, increase, inflate, magnify, stretch. Antonym: shrink. Similar words: as well, may as well, as well as, well, dwell on, well known, well-known, sweep. Meaning: [swel] 
n. 1. the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea 2. a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) 3. a crescendo followed by a decrescendo 4. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance. v. 1. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity 2. become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger 3. expand abnormally 4. come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things) 5. come up, as of a liquid 6. cause to become swollen. adj. very good.
n. 1. the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea 2. a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor) 3. a crescendo followed by a decrescendo 4. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance. v. 1. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity 2. become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger 3. expand abnormally 4. come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things) 5. come up, as of a liquid 6. cause to become swollen. adj. very good. 
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31. When you develop a throat infection or catch a cold the glands in the neck swell up.
32. Opinion polls have detected a ground swell of support for the Socialists.
33. The sea wasn't rough, but there was a heavy swell .
34. The industry reckons it will see orders swell by 10% this financial year. Some hope.
35. Offers from other countries should swell the force to 35,000.
36. I feel perfectly swell.
37. How many hands do you think to swell your operations?
38. The doors always swell in the winter.
39. Then we saw the alligator swell up.
40. Her timbers needed to swell with the salt water.
41. These cells then swell and burst[sentencedict.com], killing the insect.
42. I've had a swell time.
43. The silence seemed to swell in her ears.
44. The swell had built steadily over the past half-hour.
45. Gee! what a swell gal she is.
46. When wood absorbs moisture, its fibers swell.
47. The land seascape had an abandoned quality and a largeness that made the heart swell out to fill it.
48. There were many sailing dinghies taking advantage of the breeze and several water skiers battling against the slight swell.
49. Streams swell in minutes and waterfalls get a sudden new lease of life.
50. But despite the attraction of Page 3 girls handing out t-shirts, only 9 fans joined in to swell the numbers.
51. The price on the Roses' heads seems to swell almost daily.
52. On the other, the big green umbrellas of the courgette plants,[www.Sentencedict.com] the orange swell of pumpkins.
53. If the rain continues then the rivers could swell and burst the banks.
54. The fame of his treatment spread, bringing four hundred visitors or so a year to swell the local income.
55. If it is physically restrained from swelling when it wants to swell, very considerable pressures are built up.
56. The casualty could be seen aground on the Mid Haisbro Sand, lifting slightly in the moderate swell.
57. Unless you're trying to swell the family coffers all by yourself.
58. It was the introduction of pulsation into their forms so that they appeared to swell and contract rhythmically.
59. Today we halted at the grim-looking chasm which formed the entrance and watched a thundering swell drive into the cave mouth.
60. She says she didn't notice at first but her arm began to swell up later.