Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount..

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Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking..
Surgeon :: Surgent (a.) Rising; swelling, as a flood..
Styan :: Sty (v. i.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
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..
Belly :: Belly (v. t.) To cause to swell out; to fill.
Swelt :: Swelt () imp. of Swell.
Blister :: Blister (n.) Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel..
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..
Bowge :: Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.
Swelling :: Swellfish (n.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon..
Anticor :: Anticor (n.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart..
Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness..
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..
Blub :: Blub (v. t. & i.) To swell; to puff out, as with weeping..
Bulb :: Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Curb :: Curb (n.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness..
Tortulous :: Tortulous (a.) Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.
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..
Detumescence :: Detumescence (n.) Diminution of swelling; subsidence of anything swollen.
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