Definition of swell

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of swell is as below...

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

Lern More About Swell

Bagging :: Bagging (n.) The act of swelling; swelling.
Swellfish :: Swelldom (n.) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively..
Swelt :: Swelt () imp. of Swell.
Intumescent :: Intumescent (a.) Swelling up; expanding.
Protuberate :: Protuberate (v. i.) To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out..
Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..
Capellet :: Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down..
Tumulate :: Tumulate (v. i.) To swell.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..
Astrut :: Astrut (a. & adv.) Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner..
Swelling :: Swelling (n.) The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride..
Hematoma :: Hematoma (n.) A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.
Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Swelling out in bunches.
Extuberate :: Extuberate (v. i.) To swell out.
Swell :: Swell (n.) The act of swelling.
Swelled :: Swelled (imp.) of Swel.
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.
Knob :: Knob (n.) A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell..
Bur Fish :: Bur fish () A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us