Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves..

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Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..
Tumulate :: Tumulate (v. i.) To swell.
Extumescence :: Extumescence (n.) A swelling or rising.
Swell :: Swelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swel.
Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
Pod :: Pod (v. i.) To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods..
Swellfish :: Swelldom (n.) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively..
Jointworm :: "Jointworm (n.) The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop..
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.
Dilate :: Dilate (v. t.) To expand; to distend; to enlarge or extend in all directions; to swell; -- opposed to contract; as, the air dilates the lungs; air is dilated by increase of heat..
Capellet :: Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down..
Swelt :: Swelltoad (n.) A swellfish.
Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
Swale :: Swal (imp.) Swelled.
Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To exceed in swelling.
Flood :: Flood (v. i.) A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation..
Urocele :: Urocele (n.) A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh..
Turgescent :: Turgescent (a.) Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.
Convex :: Convex (a.) Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave..
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