ground swell meaning

Noun: ground swell  grawnd swel

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
   - heavy swell

Derived forms: ground swells

Type of: crestless wave, swell, transition

• swell:    Verb: swell (swell ...
• heavy swell:    Noun: heavy swell& ...
• knee-swell:     or kneeˈ-swell no ...

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1. opinion polls have detected a ground swell of support for the socialists.
2. opinion polls have detected a ground swell of support for the socialists
3. I watche-that ground swell as the sun rose.
4. There is no sign of a ground swell in sales.
5. Subsequently several social ground swells converged to blur the distinctions.