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..
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population..
Boln :: Boln (v. i.) To swell; to puff.
Emphysematous :: Emphysematous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated..
Blubber :: Blubber (v. t.) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
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..
Toadfish :: Toadfish (n.) A swellfish.
Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.
Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc..
Swell :: Swell (n.) The act of swelling.
Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..
Bunch :: Bunch (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Swelling out in bunches.
Bloat :: Bloat (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
Swollen :: Swollen () p. p. of Swell.
Pursy :: Pursy (a.) Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence..
Knot :: Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance..
Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To exceed in swelling.
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent..
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