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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Intumesce :: Intumesce (v. i.) To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe..
Intumescent :: Intumescent (a.) Swelling up; expanding.
Bouge :: Bouge (v. i.) To swell out.
Ampullaceous :: Ampullaceous (a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
Big :: Big (superl.) Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.
Blubber :: Blubber (v. t.) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
Estuate :: Estuate (v. i.) To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.
Node :: Node (n.) A swelling.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance..
Swelled :: Swelled (imp.) of Swel.
Plump :: Plump (a.) To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped..
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent..
Suricat :: Surgy (a.) Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.
Bowge :: Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense..
Strout :: Strout (v. i.) To swell; to puff out; to project.
Swelldom :: Swell (a.) Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
Strove :: Strout (v. t.) To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.
Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.
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