swell
Because it is a word with a single syllable, swell is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofswell
- To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
- To cause to become bigger.
Example: "Rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring."
- To grow gradually in force or loudness.
Example: "The organ music swelled."
- To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
Example: "to be swelled with pride or haughtiness"
- To be raised to arrogance.
- To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
- To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
Example: "swelling words a swelling style"
- To protuberate; to bulge out.
Example: "A cask swells in the middle."
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