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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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swell

/swɛl/

US pronunciation
American sound/swɛl/
swell
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Myanmar meaning

(v) ဖောင်း

Full entry

swell /swel/ v (pt swelled /sweld/; pp swollen /'swǝƱlǝn/ or swelled )

၁။ (က) ~ (sth) (up) (with sth) ပွသည်။ ဖောင်းသည်။ မို့သည်။ ရောင်သည်။ ရောင်ကိုင်းသည်။ Wood often swells when wet. ❍ His eyes swelled (up) with tears. ❍ She twisted her ankle and it swelled up.
(ခ) ~ (sth) (out) ကားသည်။ ဖောင်းသည်။ ဖောင်းစေသည်။ The sails swelled (out) in the wind. ❍ The wind swelled (out) the sails.
၂။ ~ (into/ to sth) ; ~ sth (to sth) (with sth) (ပမာဏ) တိုးသည်။ (အသံ) ဟည်းသည်၊ ဟိန်းသည်။ The group of onlookers soon swelled (in) to a crowd. ❍ The murmur swelled into a roar. ❍ A number of extra costs have swelled the total. ❍ I brought some friends along to swell the ranks (ie join those already available to help, etc). ❍ Her actions helped swell the tide of opposition.
၃။ ~ (sth) (with sth) (ရင်)ကော့သည်။ His breast/ heart swelled with pride at his achievement. See also GROUND SWELL
n
၁။ [sing] ပူခြင်း။ စူခြင်း။ ဖောင်းခြင်း။ ကြွခြင်း။ တိုးခြင်း။ the swell of opposition to the proposals ❍ the swell of her belly.
၂။ [C] လှိုင်းအိထခြင်း။ လှိုင်းတံပိုးထခြင်း။ feel seasick in the heavy swell.
၃။ [C] (music ) ဟိန်းလာခြင်း။
adj (dated US infml ) သိပ်ကောင်း။ အရမ်းကောင်း။ That's a swell idea. ❍ You look swell in that dress!

More examples
  • My ankles tend to swell when I travel by air.
  • Moisture causes the timber to swell.
  • [be swollen with something] : The river was swollen with rain.
  • Attendance figures have swollen to 37, 000 this season.
  • Holidaymakers swell the local population in summer.
  • The shouts swelled to a roar.
Synonyms
puff up, puff out, swell up, enlarge, bulge, bloat, distend, engorge, inflate, expand, balloon, accumulate, add to, aggravate, amplify, augment, awesome, be inflated, become bloated, become distended, become larger, become swollen, belly, billow, blister, breaker, brilliant, cool, crescendo, dandy, deluxe, desirable, dilate, enhance, excellent, exclusive, extend, fabulous, fantastic, fashionable, fatten, fill out, fine, flow, fly, good, grand, great, groovy, grow, grow larger, growth, heighten, improve, increase, intensify, intensity, keen, large increase, marvelous, mount, mushroom, neat, nifty, plump, plush, posh, pouch, pout, proliferate, protrude, puff, raise, really nice, ripple, rise, ritzy, roller, round out, seat, smart, stylish, super, supplement, surf, surge, terrific, tremendous, tumefy, undulation, uprise, wave, well up, wonderful
Antonyms
abridge, awful, bad, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, decline, decrease, deflate, diminish, drop, dull, fall, horrible, inferior, lessen, lose, lower, poor, reduce, second-rate, shabby, shorten, shrink, slump, stupid
Cross references
puff uppuff outswell upenlargebulgebloatdistendengorgeinflateexpandballoonaccumulateadd toaggravateamplifyaugmentawesomebe inflatedbecome bloatedbecome distendedbecome largerbecome swollenbellybillowblisterbreakerbrilliantcool
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