well(IN A GOOD WAY)

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apple pie
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badass
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killer
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sight
steal

swell | American Dictionary

swell
verb[ I/T ]
us/swel/past tenseswelled | past participleswollenus/ˈswoʊ·lən/swelled

swellverb[I/T] (INCREASE)

to become larger and rounder:
[ I ]It’s spring, and the buds on the trees are beginning to swell.
[ I ]One of his eyes swelled shut.
[ T ]Immigrants swelled the city’s population (= increased it).
[ I ]fig. His chest swelled with pride at being chosen (= He felt extremely proud).

swelling

noun[ C/U ]us/ˈswel·ɪŋ/
[ U ]We won’t know how serious the injury is until the swelling subsides.
swell
noun[ C ]
us/swel/

swellnoun[C] (WAVE MOVEMENT)

the slow up and down movement of a long, smooth wave or series of waves in the sea:
ocean swells
swell
adjective[ -er/-est only ]
 datedinfmlus/swel/

swelladjective[-er/-est only] (EXCELLENT)

excellent; very good:
The food was good and the service was swell.

Examples of swell

swell
The modern chorus had swollen out of control: it was monstrous, indefinable and stubborn.
Symptoms began within 4 h to 4 days (median 12 h), and virtually all cases developed swelling, erythema, and often intense pain.
The mitochondria (m) appear to be swollen and vacuolated and the matrix has totally disappeared.
Most morphological alterations were presented by the vacuolization of embryonic cells, disintegrated cytoplasm, swollen mitochondria and dilatation in rough endoplasmic reticula.
The ranks of producers have swelled in recent years with the advent of small, computer-based studios.
They often contain swelling structures of the membranes, amorphous matter and dark osmophilic granules.
By the time sampling of the naive exposed group was underway, fish were beginning to exhibit low-level disease pathology (kidney swelling index ; 0 -1).
They had no history of lymphangitis, erysipelas, limb swelling or any other stigmata of lymphatic dysfunction.
The extent of oedema or swelling in the host skin was measured with calipers at 2 additional sites 20 min after injection of each solution.
One may also question the extent to which the refugee presence has swollen the local labour force.
After a while the procession returned and the crowd had swelled.
Palpi with third segment slightly swollen before the middle, sensory pit small, fourth segment slightly shorter than third.
Unlike the endothelial cell swelling, these pathologic findings were found only in women with pre-eclampsia.
He placed two small lamb's bladders, of which the one was empty and very flat, this being swollen after some very little time.
Another chorale emerges low in the strings and swells into a gloriously rich passage of immediate emotional appeal.
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