Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..

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Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
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..
Node :: Node (n.) A swelling.
Hone :: Hone (n.) A kind of swelling in the cheek.
Ranine :: Ranine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein..
Bias :: Bias (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
Bolstered :: Bolstered (a.) Swelled out.
Bulge :: Bulge (v. i.) To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges..
Tumored :: Tumored (a.) Distended; swelled.
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation..
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air..
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs..
Augment :: Augment (v. t.) To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil..
Swoln :: Swollen (a.) Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves..
Volume :: Volume (n.) Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
Olibanum :: Olibanum (n.) The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense.
Spinaceous :: Spina bifida () A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed..
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