Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride..

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Puff :: Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance..
Booming :: Booming (a.) Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.
Mandrill :: Mandrill (n.) a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, / Papio, mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red..
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..
Bowge :: Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.
Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. t.) To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up..
Strove :: Strout (v. t.) To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.
Fish-bellied :: Fish-bellied (a.) Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail..
Urcelate :: Urcelate (a.) Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla..
Tortulous :: Tortulous (a.) Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note..
Bagging :: Bagging (n.) The act of swelling; swelling.
Bulb :: Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
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..
Farce :: Farce (v. t.) To swell out; to render pompous.
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor..
Huff :: Huff (n.) A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
Inflame :: Inflame (v. t.) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork..
Strany :: Strangury (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it..
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