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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Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking..
Swelltoad :: Swellish (a.) Dandified; stylish.
Swellfish :: Swelldom (n.) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively..
Filipendulous :: Filipendulous (a.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets..
Ampullaceous :: Ampullaceous (a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
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..
Belly :: Belly (v. t.) To cause to swell out; to fill.
Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To exceed in swelling.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound..
Entasis :: Entasis (n.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.
Crest :: Crest (n.) A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc..
Bigly :: Bigly (a.) In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently..
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..
Windgall :: Windgall (n.) A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell..
Estuate :: Estuate (v. i.) To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.
Undulatory :: Undulatory (a.) Moving in the manner of undulations, or waves; resembling the motion of waves, which successively rise or swell rise or swell and fall; pertaining to a propagated alternating motion, similar to that of waves..
Tortulous :: Tortulous (a.) Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.
Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs..
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors..
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