Ground Swell

Definition: Ground Swell

Ground Swell

Noun

1. An obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression; "there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment".

2. A broad and deep undulation of the ocean.

Domain	Definition
Public Administration	Solitary high wave(s). Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Ground Swell

Synonym: heavy swell (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Agitation	Ferment, fermentation; ebullition, effervescence, hurly-burly, cahotage; tempest, storm, ground swell, heavy sea, whirlpool, vortex; whirlwind; (wind).
River	Gelasma/gr>; beach comber, riffle, rollers, ground swell, surf, breakers, white horses, whitecaps; rough sea, heavy sea, high seas, cross sea, long sea, short sea, chopping sea.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Title	Author	Quote
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Joad was silent, looking into the distance ahead, along the road, along the white road that waved gently, like a ground swell.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Language		Translations for "ground swell"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏عواصف, ‏عاصفة (blow, foul wind, gale, gust, storm, tempest, thunder, weather), ‏أمواج (waves). (various references)

Bulgarian		мъртво вълнение. (various references)

Czech		spodní vlna. (various references)

Danish		grundsoe, grundbrod, dønning (surge, swell), brodsoe. (various references)

Dutch		grondzee (groundswell). (various references)

French		lame de fond (groundswell). (various references)

German		Grundsee (undertow). (various references)

Greek		ρεύμα πυθμένος, στρώση ροής πυθμένα, φουσκοθαλασσιά (swell). (various references)

Hebrew		�'לים כב�"ים, סערת רעש, � חשולי סער�". (various references)

Hungarian		fenékhullám (ground-swell), erõs hullámzás (surge). (various references)

Italian		onde su bassi fondali, flutto getto. (various references)

Pig Latin		oundgray ellsway

Portuguese		onda de fundo. (various references)

Romanian		hulã (backbiting, blasphemy, calumny, curse, defamation, hula-hoop, impiety, slander, swell). (various references)

Russian		донные волны. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		spontani razvoj političkog mišljenja, dubinski talas. (various references)

Spanish		mar de fondo (groundswell, swell). (various references)

Swedish		grundvåg, kraftig dyning, bottenvåg. (various references)

Turkish		salıntı, kabarma (eruption, flow, heave, heaving, intumescence, pulvinate, surge, surging, swell, swelling, upheaval, uprising, upsurge, upthrust), dip dalgası. (various references)

Ukrainian		донна хвиля. (various references)

Vietnamese		sông đáy. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: groundswell.
	Words within the letters "d-e-g-l-l-n-o-r-s-u-w"
	-2 letters: groundsel.
	-3 letters: goldurns, guerdons, loungers, roundels, unrolled, unsolder.
	-4 letters: dongles, downers, drogues, duellos, enduros, enrolls, gerunds, glowers, goldurn, gourdes, grounds, groused, growled, guerdon, guldens, lodgers, longers, loudens, lounged, lounger, lounges, lungers, nodules, nudgers, reglows, resound, rewound, rondels, roundel, rundles, sounder, sunglow, surgeon, swollen, swouned, undergo, undoers, unrolls, unsowed, unswore, weldors, wonders, wronged.
	-5 letters: dongle.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-g-l-l-n-o-r-s-u-w"
	+1 letter: groundswells.
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Ground Swell

Definition: Ground Swell

Ground Swell

Noun

Specialty Definition: Ground Swell

Public Administration

Synonym: Ground Swell

Synonyms within Context: Ground Swell

Agitation

River

Use in Literature: Ground Swell

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ground Swell

ground swell

Modern Translation: Ground Swell

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Anagrams: Ground Swell

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INDEX

Expression	Frequency per Day
ground swell	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.