Definition of swell

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Swelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swel.

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Swellish :: Swelling (n.) an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling..
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound..
Surge :: Surge (v. i.) To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm..
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation..
Beat :: Beat (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8..
Swelled :: Swelled (imp.) of Swel.
Inflammation :: Inflammation (n.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain..
Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm..
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression..
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air..
Extuberate :: Extuberate (v. i.) To swell out.
Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell with arrogance.
Node :: Node (n.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint..
Turgescent :: Turgescent (a.) Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.
Swelling :: Swellfish (n.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon..
Swelldom :: Swell (a.) Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood..
Bulk :: Bulk (v. i.) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell..
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