Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style..

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Ballooned :: Ballooned (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.
Beat :: Beat (n.) A sudden swelling or reenforcement of a sound, recurring at regular intervals, and produced by the interference of sound waves of slightly different periods of vibrations; applied also, by analogy, to other kinds of wave motions; the pulsation or throbbing produced by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison. See Beat, v. i., 8..
Honewort :: Honewort (n.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.
Volume :: Volume (n.) Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
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..
Surf :: Surf (n.) The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach..
Extuberance :: Extuberance (n.) A swelling or rising; protuberance.
Bloat :: Bloat (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
Belly :: Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge..
Tragacanth :: Tragacanth (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth..
Burnish :: Burnish (v. i.) To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large..
Urcelate :: Urcelate (a.) Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla..
Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
Bagging :: Bagging (n.) The act of swelling; swelling.
Swollen :: Swollen () p. p. of Swell.
Tumulate :: Tumulate (v. i.) To swell.
Swelltoad :: Swellish (a.) Dandified; stylish.
Tumored :: Tumored (a.) Distended; swelled.
Bolstered :: Bolstered (a.) Swelled out.
Swellish :: Swelling (n.) an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling..
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