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Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..

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Strove :: Strout (v. t.) To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.

Upswell :: Upswell (v. i.) To swell or rise up.

Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent..

Jug :: "Jug (n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side..

Bagging :: Bagging (n.) The act of swelling; swelling.

Heartswelling :: Heartswelling (a.) Rankling in, or swelling, the heart..

Plumper :: Plumper (n.) One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks..

Farce :: Farce (v. t.) To swell out; to render pompous.

Varicosity :: Varicosity (n.) An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers..

Heave :: Heave (n.) An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like..

Strumatic :: Struma (n.) A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses..

Strany :: Strangury (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it..

Swellfish :: Swelldom (n.) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively..

Turgesce :: Turgesce (v. i.) To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.

Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To swell beyond; to overflow.

Chase :: Chase (n.) The part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.

Smut :: Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis..

Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass..

Pulvinated :: Pulvinated (a.) Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze..

Protuberance :: Protuberance (n.) That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation.