GOOD vs SWELL: NOUN
- Goodness; virtue.
- Welfare; benefit.
- A good, valuable, or useful part or aspect.
- Something that is good.
- Benefit
- That which is good or valuable or useful
- Moral excellence or admirableness
- In a stop-motion of a loom, a curved lever in the shuttle-box, which raises a catch out of engagement with the stop or stop-finger whenever the shuttle fairly enters the shuttle-box, but which, when the shuttle fails to enter, permits such engagement, thus bringing into action mechanism that stops the loom. Compare stop-motion.
- A man of great claims to admiration; one of distinguished personality; hence, one who puts on such an appearance, or endeavors to appear important or distinguished; a dandy: as, a howling swell (a conspicuously great swell).
- In coal-mining, a channel washed out or in some way eroded in a coal-seam, and afterward filled up with clay or sand. Also called, in some English coal-fields, a horse, and in others a want; sometimes also a horse-back, and in the South Wales coal-field a swine-back.
- In geology, an extensive area from whose central region the strata dip quaquaversally to a moderate amount, so as to give rise to a geologically and topographically peculiar type of structure.
- In a gunstock, the enlarged and thickened part.
- In a cannon, an enlargement near the muzzle: it is not present in guns as now made.
- Same as swell-box, swell-keyboard, swell-organ, or swell-pedal. See also organ, 6.
- A mechanical contrivance in the harpsichord and in both the pipe-organ and the reed-organ by which the loudness of the tones may be varied by opening or shutting the lid or set of blinds of a closed box, case, or chamber within which are the sounding strings, pipes, or vibrators.
- The sign ⟨ or ⟩, used to denote the above.
- In music: A gradual increase and following decrease in loudness or force; a crescendo combined with a diminuendo. Compare messa di voce.
- A wave, especially when long and unbroken; collectively, the waves or fluctuations of the sea after a storm, often called ground-swell; billows; a surge: as, a heavy swell.
- An elevation above a level, especially a gradual and even rise: as, a swell of land.
- The act of swelling; augmentation in bulk; expansion; distention; increase in volume, intensity, number, force, etc.
- A device on an instrument, such as an organ or harpsichord, for regulating volume.
- The sign indicating such a crescendo.
- A crescendo followed by a gradual diminuendo.
- One who is fashionably dressed or socially prominent.
- A rise in the land; a rounded elevation.
- A long wave on water that moves continuously without breaking.
- A swollen part; a bulge or protuberance.
- The condition of being swollen.
- The act or process of swelling.
- A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- A rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)
- The undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
- A crescendo followed by a decrescendo
GOOD vs SWELL: ADJECTIVE
- Used to form exclamatory phrases expressing surprise or dismay.
- Passing between the uprights of the goal and therefore scoring, as a field goal in football.
- Landing within bounds or within a particular area of a court and therefore in play.
- Propitious; favorable.
- Pleasant; enjoyable.
- Full.
- Bountiful.
- Ample; substantial.
- Able to elicit a specified reaction.
- Able to pay or contribute.
- Ready or able for a specified or assumed activity.
- In effect; operative.
- Genuine; real.
- Valid or true.
- Reliable; sure.
- Complete; thorough.
- Competent; skilled.
- Beneficial to health; salutary.
- Attractive; handsome.
- Worthy of respect; honorable.
- Socially correct; proper.
- Well-behaved; obedient.
- Loyal; staunch.
- Benevolent; kind.
- Of moral excellence; upright.
- Discriminating.
- Of high quality.
- Used formerly to refer to the US Government grade of meat higher than standard and lower than choice.
- Superior to the average; satisfactory.
- In excellent condition; sound.
- Not spoiled or ruined.
- Serving the desired purpose or end; suitable.
- Having the qualities that are desirable or distinguishing in a particular thing.
- Being positive or desirable in nature; not bad or poor.
- Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
- Tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
- Exerting force or influence
- With or in a close or intimate relationship
- Having or showing or arising from a desire to promote the welfare or happiness of others
- Having the normally expected amount
- Promoting or enhancing well-being
- Superior to the average
- Financially sound
- Deserving of esteem and respect
- In excellent physical condition
- Morally admirable
- Having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
- Not forged
- Not left to spoil
- Resulting favorably
- Generally admired
- Thorough
- Of moral excellence
- Capable of pleasing
- Most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- Agreeable or pleasing
- Appealing to the mind
- Excellent; wonderful.
- Fashionably elegant; stylish.
- Very good
GOOD vs SWELL: VERB
- N/A
- Come up
- As of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things
- Increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
- Become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
- Cause to become swollen
- Expand abnormally
GOOD vs SWELL: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To fill with emotion.
- To cause to increase in volume, size, number, degree, or intensity.
- To rise from within.
- To be or become filled or puffed up, as with pride, arrogance, or anger.
- To rise in swells, as the sea.
- To rise or extend above the surrounding level, as clouds.
- To bulge out, as a sail.
- To grow in loudness or intensity.
- To increase in force, size, number, or degree.
- To increase in size or volume as a result of internal pressure; expand.
GOOD vs SWELL: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To aggravate; to heighten.
- To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase.
GOOD vs SWELL: ADVERB
- In a complete and thorough manner (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
- N/A
GOOD vs SWELL: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Beneficial to health
- Articles of commerce
- Financially safe
- Articles of commerce; elaborately crafted
- That which is pleasing or valuable or useful
- Come up, as of a liquid
- Excellent
- First-rate of its kind; hence, elegant; stylish.
- To increase gradually the intensity, force, or volume of: as, to swell a tone. See swell, n., 4.
- To inflate; puff up; raise to arrogance.
- To increase the bulk, size, amount, or number of; cause to expand, dilate, or increase.
- To rise and gather; well up.
- To be puffed up with some feeling; show outwardly elation or excitement; hence, to strut; look big: as, to swell with pride, anger, or rage.
- To rise in altitude; rise above a given level.
- To belly, as sails; bulge out, as a cask in the middle; protuberate.
- To grow in bulk; bulge; dilate or expand; increase in size or extent by addition of any kind; grow in volume, intensity, or force: literally or figuratively, and used in a great variety of applications.
GOOD vs SWELL: RELATED WORDS
- Kind, Right, Beneficial, Satisfactory, Respectable, Fortunate, Just, Neat, Healthy, Superb, Pleasing, Well, Solid, Nice, Great
- Neat, Fop, Corking, Dandy, Dude, Groovy, Bully, Well, Smashing, Great, Good, Cracking, Peachy, Cool, Distend
GOOD vs SWELL: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Kind, Right, Beneficial, Satisfactory, Respectable, Fortunate, Just, Neat, Healthy, Superb, Pleasing, Well, Solid, Nice, Great
- Neat, Fop, Corking, Dandy, Dude, Groovy, Bully, Well, Smashing, Great, Good, Cracking, Peachy, Cool, Distend
GOOD vs SWELL: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Food is good when I receive it as a good gift from a loving Father.
- You have some really good posts and I think I would be a good asset.
- You have some really good posts and I believe I would be a good asset.
- In all, it was neither a good Cadillac nor a good value.
- If one good arcade racer deserves another, then the Asphalt series by Gameloft has been good for quite some time.
- Good soil and mulch will reduce drying, but good irrigation is also important.
- Sometimes this is very good, other times its not so good.
- She is good to people who are good.
- Not a good day for the good doctor.
- Seriously a good deal of very good data.
- The second is that when you quarter the wake or swell, the boat will try to steer away from the wake or swell.
- When landing down a secondary swell, attempt to touch down on the back side, not on the face of the swell.
- On a buoy report, Swell Direction is the compass direction from which the swell wave are coming from.
- Athenians and swell their pride, no less than the public and private material goods the Empire brings them swell their appetites.
- Distant groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the northwest year round with the NE swell.
- NW mixing with secondary swell from the SW get reinforcement from W wind swell.
- Including top quality forecast resources, expect most of it to occur on higher risk days swell and WSW swell.
- NNW winds rough up a small blend of NW swell mix and minor S swell.
- Expand, dilate, bloat, enlarge, swell, stretch, swell out.
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