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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Extuberance :: Extuberance (n.) A swelling or rising; protuberance.
Piles :: Piles (n. pl.) The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.].
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..
Augment :: Augment (v. t.) To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil..
Upswell :: Upswell (v. i.) To swell or rise up.
Jug :: "Jug (n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side..
Chase :: Chase (n.) The part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.
Extuberate :: Extuberate (v. i.) To swell out.
Node :: Node (n.) A swelling.
Unswell :: Unswell (v. t.) To sink from a swollen state; to subside.
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh..
Bagging :: Bagging (n.) The act of swelling; swelling.
Swale :: Swal (imp.) Swelled.
Catarrh :: Catarrh (n.) An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as, catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder..
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs..
Strumatic :: Struma (n.) A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses..
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors..
Ventricous :: Ventricous (a.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla..
Swelling :: Swelling (n.) A protuberance; a prominenc.
Swellish :: Swelling (n.) an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling..
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