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Definition of Ground swell
1. Noun. 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. Noun. A broad and deep undulation of the ocean.
Definition of Ground swell
1. Noun. (surfing) waves generated by winds a long way away, possibly arriving at shore without local winds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ground Swell
Literary usage of Ground swell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (1897)
"The noise of the water thrown from the bows began to be heard, the vessel leaned
over from the damp night- breeze, and rolled with the heavy ground-swell, ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1857)
"There was an instance of this last winter, when a heavy ground-swell, brought on
by a gale of five hours' duration, scoured away, in fourteen hours, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"Ground-swell propagated across a broad and deep ocean produces by far the most
imposing breakers. So long as the water remain.s deep and no wind blows, ..."
4. The Life of Reginald Heber by Reginald Heber, Amelia Shipley Heber (1830)
"... "America"—" The outward-bound Ship"—" The ground swell"— Lines to CH ...
ground swell ..."
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