Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell..

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Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense..
Swelling :: Swelling (n.) The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride..
Urcelate :: Urcelate (a.) Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla..
Tumulate :: Tumulate (v. i.) To swell.
Suricat :: Surgy (a.) Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound..
Huff :: Huff (n.) A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
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..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
Grossification :: Grossification (n.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.
Aposteme :: Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.
Extuberate :: Extuberate (v. i.) To swell out.
Bulge :: Bulge (v. i.) To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges..
Inflammation :: Inflammation (n.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain..
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..
Strove :: Strout (v. t.) To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light, as dough, and the like..
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To aggravate; to heighten.
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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