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Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish..

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Kohl-rabi :: Kohl-rabi (n.) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground..

Plump :: Plump (a.) To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped..

Bulge :: Bulge (v. i.) To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges..

Toadfish :: Toadfish (n.) A swellfish.

Belly :: Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge..

Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs..

Blub :: Blub (v. t. & i.) To swell; to puff out, as with weeping..

Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. t.) To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up..

Estuate :: Estuate (v. i.) To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.

Knap :: Knap (n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop..

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

Swelt :: Swelltoad (n.) A swellfish.

Swale :: Swal (imp.) Swelled.

Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.

Boswellian :: Boswellian (a.) Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson..

Boswellism :: Boswellism (n.) The style of Boswell.

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style..

Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..

Swelling :: Swelling (n.) A protuberance; a prominenc.

Swell :: 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..