Definition of swell

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

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Plump :: Plump (a.) To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped..
Surge :: Surge (v. i.) To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
Boln :: Boln (v. i.) To swell; to puff.
Heaving :: Heaving (n.) A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
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..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle..
Honewort :: Honewort (n.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.
Tumored :: Tumored (a.) Distended; swelled.
Hoarseness :: Hoarseness (n.) Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords..
Swelt :: Swelltoad (n.) A swellfish.
Bladder :: Bladder (v. t.) To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
Domineer :: Domineer (v. t.) To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents..
Bias :: Bias (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell with arrogance.
Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
Varicosity :: Varicosity (n.) An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves..
Wavy :: Wavy (a.) Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves.
Protuberate :: Protuberate (v. i.) To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out..
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense..
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