Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.

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Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
Bladder :: Bladder (v. t.) To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
Chase :: Chase (n.) The part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.
Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
Lampas :: Lampas (n.) An inflammation and swelling of the soft parts of the roof of the mouth immediately behind the fore teeth in the horse; -- called also lampers.
Swollen :: Swollen () p. p. of Swell.
Turgesce :: Turgesce (v. i.) To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.
Gibbous :: Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon..
Torose :: Torose (a.) Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.
Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..
Strove :: Strout (v. t.) To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.
Tortulous :: Tortulous (a.) Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.
Toadfish :: Toadfish (n.) A swellfish.
Bubonocele :: Bubonocele (n.) An inguinal hernia; esp. that incomplete variety in which the hernial pouch descends only as far as the groin, forming a swelling there like a bubo..
Ballooned :: Ballooned (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.
Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.
Ancome :: Ancome (n.) A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow..
Frankincense :: Frankincense (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified..
Boswellism :: Boswellism (n.) The style of Boswell.
Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow.
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