swell

[swel] 1. past tense - swelled; verb

(to make or become larger, greater or thicker: The insect-bite made her finger swell; The continual rain had swollen the river; I invited her to join us on the excursion in order to swell the numbers.) narasti, oteči

2. noun

(a rolling condition of the sea, usually after a storm: The sea looked fairly calm but there was a heavy swell.) valovanje

3. adjective

((especially American) used as a term of approval: a swell idea; That's swell!) imeniten

- swelling

- swollen
- swollen-headed
- swell out
- swell up

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I [swel]

1.

noun

oteklina, oteklost, nabreklost, otòk; otekanje; nautical valovanje po viharju; architecture izboklina, izbočina, izbok; rahla strmina, vzpetina (zemljišča); figuratively porast, naraščanje; music crescendo, za katerim pride diminuendo; (o orglah) naprava za jačanje in slabljenje zvoka; colloquially imetnik, odličnik, mojster, fin gospod, fina dama; slang gizdalin, elegan, gizdalinka, modna dama; poznavalec

a swell in the population — porast prebivalstva

a swell at s.th. — poznavalec, mojster česa, zelo dober igralec (at tennis tenisa)

a swell in politics figuratively visoka živina v politiki

a big swell figuratively visoka, vplivna oseba

a Latin swell — poznavalec latinščine

a sudden swell of the river — nenadno naraščanje reke

what a swell you are! — kako si eleganten!

there was a heavy swell on — valovi so bili zelo veliki;

2.

adjective slang

tiptop, šik, zelo eleganten, moden; imeniten, odličen, sijajen

a swell billiard-player — izvrsten igralec (mojster) biljarda

swell clothes — elegantna obleka

a swell hotel — razkošen hotel

a swell person — imenitna oseba, odličnik

swell society — elegantna, fina družba

swell mob colloquially hohštaplerji, kriminalci, lepo oblečeni lopovi

II [swel]

1.

intransitive verb

(tudi swell up, swell out) oteči, otekati, nabrekniti; napihniti se, napeti se, nabuhniti, napenjati se; (voda) narasti; (jadro) napeti se, napihniti se; rasti, prerasti (into v), narasti, povečati se; izbruhniti (izvirek, solze); architecture izbočiti se; figuratively kipeti (čustva); (srce) napenjati se, (hoteti) počiti (with od); biti poln (with česa), figuratively napihovati se, hvalisati se, bahati se;

2.

transitive verb (tudi swell up, swell out) napihniti, napeti; razširiti, povečati (into do), zvišati, pomnožiti

swelled head slang nadutost, domišljavost

swollen legs — otekle noge

swelled with success — domišljav na svoj uspeh

to be swelled with pride — napihovati se od ošabnosti

my cheek is swelling — lice mi oteka

to swell out one's chest — (iz)prsiti se

the cost of war has swollen our debt — stroški za vojno so povečali naš dolg

my heart is swelling with happiness — srce mi je prepolno sreče

to swell like a turkey cock — šopiriti se kot pav

to swell note music peti (igrati) noto izmenoma crescendo in diminuendo

rains have swollen the river — zaradi deževja je reka narasla

the rivers are swelling — reke naraščajo

the sails swelled in the wind — jadra so se napela v vetru

to suffer from swelled head figuratively biti nadut, domišljav