Definition of swell

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Swell (v. t.) To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population..

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Emphysema :: Emphysema (n.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.
Piles :: Piles (n. pl.) The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.].
Suricat :: Surgy (a.) Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.
Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.
Protuberance :: Protuberance (n.) That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation.
Tumefaction :: Tumefaction (n.) The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling..
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase in height; elevation; rise.
Toadfish :: Toadfish (n.) A swellfish.
Swelling :: Swelling (n.) A protuberance; a prominenc.
Swale :: Swal (imp.) Swelled.
Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom..
Unswell :: Unswell (v. t.) To sink from a swollen state; to subside.
Ballooned :: Ballooned (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell..
Tumored :: Tumored (a.) Distended; swelled.
Sea-gait :: Sea-gait (n.) A long, rolling swell of the sea..
Flood :: Flood (v. i.) A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation..
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs..
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To swell beyond; to overflow.
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