Definition of swell

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

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Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..
Infarce :: Infarce (v. t.) To stuff; to swell.
Ballooned :: Ballooned (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.
Dilate :: Dilate (v. i.) To grow wide; to expand; to swell or extend in all directions.
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis..
Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.
Swell :: Swell (n.) The act of swelling.
Strumatic :: Struma (n.) A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell..
Swoln :: Swollen (a.) Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams..
Huff :: Huff (n.) A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
Belly :: Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge..
Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.
Swell :: Swell (n.) A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor..
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense..
Thoroughpin :: Thoroughpin (n.) A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To reach a higher level by increase of quantity or bulk; to swell; as, a river rises in its bed; the mercury rises in the thermometer..
Huff :: Huff (n.) A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
Bigly :: Bigly (a.) In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently..
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell with arrogance.
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