Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swell

plural of swell

simple past tense and past participle of swell

(intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged. / (transitive) To cause to become bigger. / (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.

The act of swelling; increase in size. / A bulge or protuberance. / Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.

(dated) Fashionable, like a swell or dandy. / (Canada, US, dated slang) Excellent.

(Canada, US, informal) Very well.

The state of being swollen. / Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body. / (figuratively) A rising, as of passion or anger.

present participle of swell

plural of swelling