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Collocations for swell - 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.

Collocations for swell - noun

1. 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.

2. curve in sth

ADJ.

firm, gentle, soft, warm

PREP.

~ of
the gentle swell of her breasts

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