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.
Generally, Swell refers to open ocean waves, Waves are what people want to go stick their surfboard on. Seas can sit on top of a swell, and ruin a surfers day out. They are the localised chop, that given enough time and wind energy would ultimately turn into swells.