swell

swell
swell [{{t}}swel] (pt swelled, pp swelled or swollen [{{t}}'swəʊlən])
1 intransitive verb
(a) (distend → wood, pulses etc) gonfler; (→ part of body) enfler, gonfler;
the damp has made the wood swell l'humidité a fait gonfler le bois;
he felt his lip begin to swell il sentit sa lèvre enfler ou gonfler;
{{}}figurative{{}} her heart swelled with joy/pride son cœur s'est gonflé de joie/d'orgueil
(b) (increase) augmenter;
the crowd swelled to nearly two hundred la foule grossit et il y eut bientôt près de deux cents personnes
(c) (well up → emotion) monter, surgir;
I felt anger swell in me je sentais la colère monter en moi
(d) (rise → sea, tide) monter; (→ river) se gonfler, grossir
(e) (grow louder) s'enfler;
the music swelled to its climax la musique atteignit alors son point culminant
2 transitive verb
(a) (distend) gonfler;
the wind swelled the sails le vent gonfla les voiles;
her eyes were swollen with tears ses yeux étaient pleins de larmes
(b) (increase) augmenter, grossir;
she asked her friends to come along to swell the numbers elle a demandé à ses amis de venir pour qu'il y ait plus de monde;
to swell the ranks of the unemployed venir grossir les rangs des chômeurs
(c) (cause to rise) gonfler, grossir;
the rivers had been swollen by torrential rains les cours d'eau avaient été gonflés ou grossis par des pluies torrentielles
3 noun
(a) {{}}Nautical{{}} houle f;
there was a deep or heavy swell il y avait une forte houle
(b) (bulge) gonflement m;
the swell of the sails le gonflement des voiles
(c) (increase) augmentation f; {{}}Music{{}} crescendo m
(d) {{}}Music{{}} (device) soufflet m
(e) {{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}old-fashioned{{}} (big shot) gros bonnet m; (dandy) dandy m, gandin m; (rich person) personne f huppée, rupin m
4 adjective
{{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}old-fashioned{{}} (great) super, chouette;
she's a swell girl c'est une chic fille;
we had a swell time on s'est super bien amusés
5 exclamation
{{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}old-fashioned{{}} super!
►► {{}}Music{{}} swell box boîte f expressive
swell out
1 intransitive verb
(se) gonfler
2 separable transitive verb
gonfler
swell up = swell intransitive verb (a)

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