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noun movement of the surface of the sea ADJ. heavy | gentle, slight | 10-foot, 20-foot, etc. | Atlantic, ocean bobbing up and down like a small boat in a heavy ocean swell SWELL + VERB break, come/roll in, lift sb/sth, surge up The Atlantic swell surged up under them. PREP. in a/the ~ The trawler rolled wildly in the heavy swell. | on/with the ~ The boat rose and fell with the swell. curve in sth ADJ. firm, gentle, soft, warm PREP. ~ of the gentle swell of her breasts, verb ADV. badly His sprained ankle had swollen badly. | slightly | up Her feet swelled up after the long walk to the top of the hill. PREP. with Her legs had swollen with the heat.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary