swell
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6.5
- noun
- /swɛl/
- Specialized
:
elevación
- The surfers enjoyed riding the swells that formed as waves rolled across the ocean.
Examples
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When the sail is finally down, they eat lunch as the boat, unanchored, drifts in the swell of the ocean.
Fiction book (1994) -
The hills have flattened out to endless swells, with crests of sedimentary rock through which the highway is carved.
Fiction book (2002) -
Maybe forty vessels broke the ocean swells, a few alternately disappearing and reappearing as waves passed over their sunken hulls.
Fiction book (1999) -
Each day, as the Wave-Eater clove the swells southward, seldom straying from sight of land, the shoreline grew more densely green.
Fiction book (1990) -
The sailors navigated carefully through the swells that marked the underwater reef.
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As the boat rocked gently, the captain explained the significance of the ocean swells.
Synonyms
125
2.4
A small upward slope in land or a surface
42
3.2
A rounded swelling that sticks out from a surface
2
7.8
An underwater mountain that rises from the ocean floor but does not reach the sea surface
A raised part of a surface that makes a lump, often from frost or roots
Compounds
- Specialized
A scale that shows how high sea waves and long smooth waves are
How High
Surface Forms
Etymology
Swell for a raised part of the sea floor comes from the idea of 'a rise' or something that 'swells' up under the water. That's why a geological swell is a rounded rise on the ocean bottom.