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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Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness..
Anasarca :: Anasarca (n.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin..
Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
Swell :: Swell (n.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.
Gibbous :: Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon..
Heartswelling :: Heartswelling (a.) Rankling in, or swelling, the heart..
Swellfish :: Swelldom (n.) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively..
Estuate :: Estuate (v. i.) To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.
Volume :: Volume (n.) Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennae of certain insects..
Intumescent :: Intumescent (a.) Swelling up; expanding.
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm..
Domineer :: Domineer (v. t.) To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents..
Styan :: Sty (v. i.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
Plumper :: Plumper (n.) One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks..
Extuberate :: Extuberate (v. i.) To swell out.
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..
Emphysematous :: Emphysematous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated..
Swell :: Swell (n.) Gradual increase.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force..
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