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garden plant of the legume family with climbing stems and fragrant flowers of many colors; also : its flower

sweet pepper noun : any of various large mild thick-walled fruits of a pepper; also : a plant bearing sweet peppers

sweet potato noun : a tropical vine related to the morning glory; also : its large sweet edible root

sweet–talk verb : FLATTER, COAX

— sweet talk noun

sweet tooth noun : a craving or fondness for sweet food

sweet wil·liam noun, often cap W : a widely cultivated Old World pink with small white to deep red or purple flowers often showily spotted, banded, or mottled

1swell verb swelled; swelled or swol·len ; swell·ing 1 : to grow big or make bigger

2 : to expand or distend abnormally or excessively ; also : BULGE

3 : to fill or be filled with emotion (as pride)

Synonyms

accumulate, appreciate, balloon, build, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, snowball, wax—more at INCREASE

add, aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, compound, extend, increase, raise, up—more at INCREASE

2swell noun 1 : a long crestless wave or series of waves in the open sea

2 : the condition of being protuberant

3 : a person dressed in the height of fashion; also : a person of high social position

Synonyms

billow, surge, wave—more at WAVE

3swell adjective 1 : STYLISH; also : socially prominent

2 : very good of its kind : EXCELLENT

swell·ing noun : something that is swollen; specif : an abnormal bodily protuberance or localized enlargement

Synonyms

bump, knot, lump, nodule—more at BUMP

swelled head noun : an exaggerated opinion of oneself : SELF-CONCEIT

swel·ter verb [ORIGIN: ME sweltren, fr. swelten to die, be overcome by heat, fr. OE sweltan to die]

1 : to be faint or oppressed with the heat

2 : to become exceedingly hot

— swel·ter·ing adjective

swept past and past participle of SWEEP

swerve verb swerved; swerv·ing : to move abruptly aside from a straight line or course

— swerve noun

Synonyms

sheer, veer, yaw; also skew, slew; arc, arch, bend, bow, curve, crook, hook, round, sweep, wheel; circle, coil, curl, loop, spiral; turn, twist, wind; deviate, stray, wander, waver

Antonyms

straighten

1swift adjective 1 : moving or capable of moving with great speed

2 : occurring suddenly

3 : READY, ALERT

Synonyms

breakneck, breathless, brisk, dizzy, fast, fleet, hasty, lightning, nippy, quick, rapid, rattling, snappy, speedy—more at FAST

2swift noun : any of numerous small insect-eating birds with long narrow wings

swift·ly adverb : in a swift manner : with speed

Synonyms

apace, briskly, fast, full tilt, hastily, posthaste, presto, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, soon, speedily—more at FAST

swift·ness noun : the quality or state of being swift; also : the fact of being swift

Synonyms

celerity, fastness, fleetness, haste, hurry, quickness, rapidity, speed, velocity—more at SPEED

1swig verb swigged; swig·ging : to drink in long drafts

Synonyms

drink, guzzle, imbibe, quaff, sup, toss—more at DRINK

2swig noun : a quantity drunk at one time

Synonyms

draft, drag, drink, nip, quaff, shot, slug, snort, swallow—more at DRINK

1swill verb 1 : to swallow greedily : GUZZLE

2 : to feed (as hogs) on swill

2swill noun 1 : food for animals composed of edible refuse mixed with liquid

2 : GARBAGE

3 : a draft of liquor

1swim verb swam ; swum ; swim·ming 1 : to propel oneself along in water by natural means (as by hands and legs, by tail, or by fins)

2 : to glide smoothly along

3 : FLOAT

4 : to be covered with or as if with a liquid

5 : to be dizzy

6 : to cross or go over by swimming

— swim·mer noun

Synonyms

reel, spin, whirl

2swim noun 1 : an act of swimming

2 : the main current of activity

swim·ming noun : the action, art, or sport of swimming and diving

swimming pool noun : a tank (as of concrete or plastic) designed for swimming

swim·suit noun : a suit for swimming or bathing