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swell

 
 
/swel/ noun

Translation

SEA [C, U] the movement of waves in the sea, or the waves themselves
hava akımı, hava dalgası
ocean swells1530
INCREASE [C] an increase
artış, artma
1806
(Definition of swell noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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