GeoFacts for Elmwood Park, IL. Elmwood Park, IL is a village located in the northeastern part of Illinois.
verb (used without object), swelled, swollen or swelled, swelling. 1. to grow in bulk, as by the absorption of moisture or the processes of growth. 2. Pathology. to increase abnormally in size, as by inflation, distention, accumulation of fluids, or the like: Her ankles swelled from standing. 3. to rise in waves, as the sea.
Excellent; wonderful; superb: The hotels are swell/ He was a hell of a swell fellow (1888+) adverb: The new owners have treated me swell (1920s+) noun. A stylish and well-groomed person; dude (1786+) A wealthy, elegant person; a socialite; nob: up on the hill where the swells live (1786+)