Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle..

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Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To rise and fall with alternate motions, as the lungs in heavy breathing, as waves in a heavy sea, as ships on the billows, as the earth when broken up by frost, etc.; to swell; to dilate; to expand; to distend; hence, to labor; to struggle..
Bigly :: Bigly (a.) In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently..
Olibanum :: Olibanum (n.) The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense.
Intumescent :: Intumescent (a.) Swelling up; expanding.
Bulk :: Bulk (v. i.) To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell..
Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Swelling out in bunches.
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..
Bouge :: Bouge (v. i.) To swell out.
Ampullaceous :: Ampullaceous (a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
Boiling :: Boiling (a.) Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion..
Anticor :: Anticor (n.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart..
Bunt :: Bunt (v. i.) To swell out; as, the sail bunts..
Protuberant :: Protuberant (a.) Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye..
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..
Toadfish :: Toadfish (n.) A swellfish.
Node :: Node (n.) A swelling.
Bias :: Bias (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
Hematoma :: Hematoma (n.) A circumscribed swelling produced by an effusion of blood beneath the skin.
Protuberation :: Protuberation (n.) The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface.
Tumulate :: Tumulate (v. i.) To swell.
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