Definition of swell

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Swell (v. t.) To aggravate; to heighten.

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Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note..
Heartswelling :: Heartswelling (a.) Rankling in, or swelling, the heart..
Bloat :: Bloat (v. i.) To grow turgid as by effusion of liquid in the cellular tissue; to puff out; to swell.
Entasis :: Entasis (n.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.
Undulatory :: Undulatory (a.) Moving in the manner of undulations, or waves; resembling the motion of waves, which successively rise or swell rise or swell and fall; pertaining to a propagated alternating motion, similar to that of waves..
Huff :: Huff (n.) A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
Jug :: "Jug (n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side..
Tragacanth :: Tragacanth (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth..
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..
Billowy :: Billowy (a.) Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
Vessignon :: Vessignon (n.) A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression..
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.
Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.
Strut :: Strut (v. t.) To swell; to bulge out.
Ampullaceous :: Ampullaceous (a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennae of certain insects..
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell with arrogance.
Upswell :: Upswell (v. i.) To swell or rise up.
Estuate :: Estuate (v. i.) To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.
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