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зыбь — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ripple noun A small wave or series of waves on the surface of water.
  • swell verb To grow bigger, especially by filling with fluid or gas.
  • wavelet noun A small wave; a ripple.

Senses

зыбь is used for these senses in English:

  • ripple A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
  • swell A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
  • wavelet A small wave; a ripple.

ripple — full definition

  1. noun A small wave or series of waves on the surface of water.
  2. verb To form small waves, or to spread gradually through something like a crowd.

swell — full definition

  1. verb To grow bigger, especially by filling with fluid or gas.
  2. verb To grow gradually in force, loudness, or intensity.
  3. noun A long, rolling ocean wave that continues after the wind that made it has died down.
  4. adj Excellent; very good (informal, dated-sounding).

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