swell
US /swɛl/
・UK /swel/
B1
verb
- To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
- To increase in size or number larger than normal
- To become larger than normal, often due to injury
noun
- Being overcome from feeling a strong emotion
- Act of growing in size or increasing in number
- The size of the waves (surfing)
Examples
The boat rose and fell with the swell.
The Atlantic swell surged up under them.