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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Strany :: Strangury (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it..
Hove :: Hove (v. i. & t.) To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.
Bowge :: Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.
Blain :: Blain (n.) An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister..
Ventricous :: Ventricous (a.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla..
Astrut :: Astrut (a. & adv.) Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner..
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..
Boiling :: Boiling (a.) Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion..
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..
Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass..
Urocele :: Urocele (n.) A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.
Hematoma :: Hematoma (n.) A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Knap :: Knap (n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop..
Bunt :: Bunt (v. i.) To swell out; as, the sail bunts..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
Ballooned :: Ballooned (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.
Huff :: Huff (n.) A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
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