swell
swell
englantimaininki
Synonyymisanakirja
swell
crescendo, paisutus, pohjamaininki, aaltoilu, mainingit, maininki, aalto, pullistaa, suurentaa, turvota, paisua, paksuntua, pöhöttyä, laajentua, kasvaa, nousta.
Rimmaavat sanat
swell rimmaa näiden kanssa:
baseball, goodwill, rock and roll...
Englannin sanakirja
swell (englanti > suomi)
swell englanniksi
puhekieltä To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
Shakespeare
puhekieltä To cause to become bigger.
Rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring.
Atterbury
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puhekieltä To grow gradually in force or loudness.
The organ music swelled.
puhekieltä To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
to be swelled with pride or haughtiness
puhekieltä To be raised to arrogance.
Sir Walter Scott
To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
Dryden
To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
swelling words; a swelling style
To protuberate; to bulge out.
A cask swells in the middle.
The act of swelling.
Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
Landor:
A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
1883, w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, ch. 24:
puhekieltä A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
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puhekieltä A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
puhekieltä A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
1909, w:Joseph A. Altsheler|Joseph A. Altsheler, The Last of the Chiefs, ch. 2:
puhekieltä A person who is dressed in a fancy or elegant manner.
(circa) w:William Makepeace Thackeray|William Makepeace Thackeray, "The Kickleburys on the Rhine" in The Christmas Books of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh:
1887, w:Horatio Alger|Horatio Alger, The Cash Boy, ch. 9:
puhekieltä A person of high social standing; an important person.
1864, w:Anthony Trollope|Anthony Trollope, The Small House at Allington, ch. 2:
1906, w:Gilbert Parker|Gilbert Parker, The Trespasser, ch. 8:
puhekieltä excellent Excellent.
2012, (w), "The Space In Between", The New Yorker, 10 Sep 2012:
puhekieltä (l) (gloss)