A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
The climax of a gradual increase.
To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo.
Gradually increasing in force or loudness.
An excessive or sudden increase or flood (of something).
To cause (something) to be too swollen or large; to become too swollen or large.
To swell or rise above (something, especially the rim of a container, the sides of something hollow, etc.).