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swell
verb
1 (also swell up) verb MED of body part, distend INTRANSITIVEat verb borr verb his ankle was swelling bhí a rúitín ag at 2 verb river, sea TRANSITIVEborradh a chur ioibriú a chur ithe high winds swelled the sea chuir an ghaoth ard borradh san fharraigethe rain swelled the river bhí tuile san abhainn ag an bhfearthainn, bhí fuarlach san abhainn ag an mbáisteachShow full entry
3 (also swell out) verb of sail, bosom 4 verb of number, amount INTRANSITIVEméadaigh verb ardaigh verb borr verb the population swelled considerably mhéadaigh an daonra go mór, tháinig ardú mór ar an daonratheir income swelled by ten per cent tháinig méadú deich faoin gcéad ar a n-ioncam 5 verb increase number, amount TRANSITIVEméadaigh verb ardaigh verb cuir le PhrV they want to swell the club's coffers is mian leo cur le teacht isteach an chlubthe programme swelled visitor numbers from 45,000 to 75,000 mhéadaigh líon na gcuairteoirí ó 45,000 go 75,000 de thairbhe an chláir 6 verb especially literary become louder INTRANSITIVEardaigh verb her voice swelled d'ardaigh a glór 7 verb especially literary fill with feeling INTRANSITIVElíon verb her heart swelled with joy líon a croí le háthashe felt himself swell with anger mhothaigh sé an fhearg ag borradh ann, bhraith sé an fhearg ag coipeadh ann 8 verb of wave, sea INTRANSITIVEborr verb oibriú a bheith iif the sea swells má éiríonn an fharraige tógtha, má bhíonn oibriú san fharraige
noun
9 noun increase in amount, numberméadú masc borradh masc there's been a massive swell of support for their policies tá méadú an-mhór ar an tacaíocht atá ann dá gcuid polasaithe 10 noun increase in loudnessardú masc borradh masc we could hear a swell of beautiful music chualamar ceol álainn ag éirí 11 noun especially literary surge of feelingtaom masc3 a swell of pride taom mórtaisa swell of indignation taghd cantail, fiuchadh feirge 12 noun especially literary curved shapecruinne fem4 cuaire fem4 the swell of her breast cuaire a brollaigh 13 noun movement of wavesmórtas farraige borradh farraige suaill fem2 large swells suaill mhór farraige, claíocha móra san fharraigethere's a heavy swell tá mórtas farraige ann, tá oibriú san fharraige 14 noun informal fashionable personboc mór boicín masc4 15 noun MUS part of organborrbhosca masc4 adjective
16 adjective (US), informal excellentbreá adj iontach adj1 ar fheabhas he's a swell guy! fear breá atá ann!, bulaí fir atá ann!to look swell cuma bhreá a bheith ort