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

Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.

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

Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh..

Detumescence :: Detumescence (n.) Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen.

Bulge :: Bulge (n.) A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall..

Hoarseness :: Hoarseness (n.) Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords..

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

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

Swelltoad :: Swellish (a.) Dandified; stylish.

Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle..

Strout :: Strout (v. i.) To swell; to puff out; to project.

Curb :: Curb (n.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness..

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

Bouge :: Bouge (v. i.) To swell out.

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

Olibanum :: Olibanum (n.) The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense.

Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking..

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