fry verb (to cause to become bigger)
âj verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
ënjt verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

οἰδέω verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Arabic

2 entries

اِنْتَفَخَ verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
وَرِمَ verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Armenian

2 entries

ուռել verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
ուռչել verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Assamese

1 entries

ফুলা verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

şişirmək verb (to cause to become bigger)
şişmək verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Bengali

1 entries

ফোলা verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Bulgarian

4 entries

елегантен adj (fashionable — see also fashionable)
моден adj (fashionable — see also fashionable)
отличен adj (excellent — see also excellent)
първокласен adj (excellent — see also excellent)

Catalan

4 entries

excel·lent adj (excellent — see also excellent)
inflar-se verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
rebotir verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
unflar-se verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Chechen

1 entries

деста verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

涌浪 noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
擴大 /扩大 verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
膨脹 /膨胀 verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
隆起 verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Czech

4 entries

naběhnout verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
napuchnout verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
opuchnout verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
otéci verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Danish

3 entries

dønning noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
erigere verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
svulme verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Dutch

4 entries

geweldig adj (excellent — see also excellent)
mieters adj (excellent — see also excellent)
deining noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
aanzwellen verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Esperanto

2 entries

ŝveli verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
ŝveligi verb (to cause to become bigger)

Faroese

4 entries

bólgna verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
gerast hovin og trútin verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
hovna verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
svølla upp verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Finnish

4 entries

mahtava adj (excellent — see also excellent)
makea adj (fashionable — see also fashionable)
siisti adj (fashionable — see also fashionable)
hienosti adv (very well)

French

4 entries

chouette adj (excellent — see also excellent)
sensass adj (excellent — see also excellent)
houle noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
enfler verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Galician

4 entries

mar de fondo noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
vaga noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
incharse verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
inflarse verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

German

4 entries

adrett adj (fashionable — see also fashionable)
klasse adj (excellent — see also excellent)
prima adj (excellent — see also excellent)
glücklich adv (very well)

Greek

4 entries

αποθαλασσία noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
ρεστία noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
πρήζομαι verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
πρήζω verb (to cause to become bigger)

Hebrew

4 entries

גִּבּוּעַ noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
אבב verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
בטבט verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
בצק verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Hungarian

4 entries

klassz adj (excellent — see also excellent)
szuper adj (excellent — see also excellent)
tök jó adj (excellent — see also excellent)
hullámverés noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

Ido

1 entries

intumecar verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Indonesian

1 entries

membengkak verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Ingush

1 entries

деста verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Irish

1 entries

mórtas noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

Italian

4 entries

flutti noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
mare di fondo noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
mareggiare noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
onda lunga noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

Japanese

4 entries

素晴らしい adj (excellent — see also excellent)
うねり noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
起伏 noun (music: gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo)
腫れる verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Javanese

1 entries

abuh verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Khmer

1 entries

ហើម verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Korean

4 entries

부어오르다 verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
부풀다 verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
붓다 verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
팽창하다 verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Latgalian

1 entries

tyukšt verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Latin

4 entries

tumor noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
adaestuō verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
intumēscō verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
tumeō verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Latvian

2 entries

bangas noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
tūkt verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Lingala

1 entries

vimba verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Lithuanian

3 entries

brinkti verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
pūstis verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
tinti verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

wopuchnuś verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
wopuchowaś verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Malay

1 entries

membengkak verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Manx

1 entries

mooadee verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Marathi

1 entries

सुजणे verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Māori

4 entries

amotai noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
huaroa noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
huene noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
tai whakarākau noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

Nahuatl

4 entries

timalla noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
timalloa noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
timalla verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
timalloa verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Nanai

1 entries

хаоло verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

dønning noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
svelle verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
svulme verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

dønning noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
svelle verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
svulme verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Occitan

4 entries

estòbi noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
mar de fons noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
marejada noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
conflar verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

صالندی noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
شیشمك verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
قبارمق verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Papiamentu

1 entries

hincha verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Persian

2 entries

آماسیدن verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
ورم کردن verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Polish

4 entries

falowanie noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
powiększać verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
puchnąć verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
pęcznieć verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Portuguese

4 entries

excelente adj (excellent — see also excellent)
ótimo adj (excellent — see also excellent)
swell noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
inchar verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Quechua

2 entries

punkiy verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
saksay verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Romanian

4 entries

minunat adj (excellent — see also excellent)
senzațional adj (excellent — see also excellent)
super adj (excellent — see also excellent)
val noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

Romansch

1 entries

unflar verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Russian

4 entries

отли́чный adj (excellent — see also excellent)
превосхо́дный adj (excellent — see also excellent)
зыбь noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
набуха́ть verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Sanskrit

1 entries

क्षोदस् noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

sèid verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Sicilian

1 entries

usciari verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Slovak

1 entries

opuchnúť verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Southern Altai

1 entries

тижиир verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Spanish

4 entries

excelente adj (excellent — see also excellent)
mar de fondo noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
finchar (disused) verb (to cause to become bigger)
hinchar verb (to cause to become bigger)

Sundanese

1 entries

bareuh verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Swahili

4 entries

kivimbe noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
kivimbe noun (music: gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo)
kivimbe noun (music: device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ)
kivimbe noun (music: division in pipe organ)

Swedish

3 entries

dyning noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
svall noun (series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)
svälla verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Tetum

1 entries

bubu verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Thai

3 entries

บวม verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
พอง verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
โป่ง verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Tibetan

3 entries

བསྐྲངས verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
སྦོ verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
སྦོས verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Tooro

2 entries

haga verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
zimba verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Turkish

2 entries

şişirmek verb (to cause to become bigger)
şişmek verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Tày

3 entries

bông verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
poòng verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)
pổng verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Vietnamese

1 entries

sưng verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Welsh

1 entries

chwyddo verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Zealandic

1 entries

opzwelle verb (intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Sample sentences

49 total sentences available.

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The toothache made his face swell up.

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In addition to a thick fog, there was a heavy swell.

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"One swell foop" is a Spoonerism, "the flaw in the ointment" is a Farberism.

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I think you're swell.

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