Crescendonoun
(music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
Swellverb
(intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
Crescendonoun
(figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
âTheir fighting rose in a fearsome crescendo.â;
Swellverb
(transitive) To cause to become bigger.
âRains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring.â;
Crescendonoun
The climax of a gradual increase.
âTheir arguing rose to a fearsome crescendo.â;
Swellverb
(intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
âThe organ music swelled.â;
Crescendoverb
To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo.
âThe band crescendoed and then suddenly went silent.â;
Swellverb
(transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
âto be swelled with pride or haughtinessâ;
Crescendoadverb
(music) Gradually increasing in force or loudness.
Swellverb
(intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
Crescendoadjective
With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; - a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.
Swellverb
To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
Crescendonoun
A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed.
Swellverb
To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
âswelling wordsâ; âa swelling styleâ;
Crescendonoun
(music) a gradual increase in loudness
Swellverb
To protuberate; to bulge out.
âA cask swells in the middle.â;
Crescendoverb
grow louder;
âThe music crescendoes hereâ;
Swellnoun
The act of swelling; increase in size.
Crescendoadjective
gradually increasing in volume
Swellnoun
A bulge or protuberance.
Swellnoun
Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
Swellnoun
A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
Swellnoun
(music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
Swellnoun
(music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
Swellnoun
(music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
Swellnoun
A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
Swellnoun
(geology) An upward protrusion of strata from whose central region the beds dip quaquaversally at a low angle.
Swellnoun
A person who dresses in a fancy or elegant manner.
Swellnoun
(informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
Swelladjective
(dated) Fashionable, like a swell or dandy.
Swelladjective
Excellent.
Swelladverb
Very well.
Swellverb
To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.
Swellverb
To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish.
Swellverb
To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
Swellverb
To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
âYou swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do at scarlet.â;
Swellverb
To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
Swellverb
To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style.
Swellverb
To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.
Swellverb
To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
âYour equal mind yet swells not into state.â;
Swellverb
To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
Swellverb
To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount.
Swellverb
To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big.
âHere he comes, swelling like a turkey cock.â;
Swellverb
To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population.
â[The Church] swells her high, heart-cheering tone.â;
Swellverb
To aggravate; to heighten.
âIt is low ebb with his accuser when such peccadilloes are put to swell the charge.â;
Swellverb
To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness.
Swellverb
To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note.
Swellnoun
The act of swelling.
Swellnoun
Gradual increase.
âLittle River affords navigation during a swell to within three miles of the Miami.â;
Swellnoun
Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound.
âMusic arose with its voluptuous swell.â;
Swellnoun
A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.
Swellnoun
Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
âThe swell and subsidence of his periods.â;
Swellnoun
A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor.
âThe swellOf the long waves that roll in yonder bay.â; âThe gigantic swells and billows of the snow.â;
Swellnoun
A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; - generally indicated by the sign.
Swellnoun
A showy, dashing person; a dandy.
Swelladjective
Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood.
Swellnoun
the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
Swellnoun
a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
Swellnoun
a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
Swellnoun
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
Swellverb
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity;
âThe music swelled to a crescendoâ;
Swellverb
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger;
âThe mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her sonâ;
Swellverb
expand abnormally;
âThe bellies of the starving children are swellingâ;
Swellverb
as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things;
âStrong emotions welled upâ; âSmoke swelled from itâ;
Swellverb
come up;
âTears well in her eyesâ;
Swellverb
cause to become swollen;
âThe water swells the woodâ;
Swelladjective
very good;
âhe did a bully jobâ; âa neat sports carâ; âhad a great time at the partyâ; âyou look simply smashingâ;