swell in WordNet English dictionary

1. very good
   "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
   bang-up  bully  corking  cracking  dandy  great  groovy  keen  neat  nifty  not bad  peachy  slap-up  swell  smashing 
   

1. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
   dandy  dude  fop  gallant  sheik  beau  swell  fashion plate  clotheshorse 
   
2. the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
   swell  crestless wave 
   
3. a crescendo followed by a decrescendo
   swell 
   
4. a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
   swell 
   

1. expand abnormally
   "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
   swell  swell up  intumesce  tumefy  tumesce 
   
2. become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
   "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
   swell  puff up 
   
3. cause to become swollen
   "The water swells the wood"
   swell 
   
4. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
   "The music swelled to a crescendo"
   swell 
   
5. come up, as of a liquid
   "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up"
   well  swell 
   
6. come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
   "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"
   well up  swell