Definition of swell

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Swell (v. t.) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate; as, to be swelled with pride or haughtiness..

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Throstling :: Throstling (n.) A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation..
Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Swelling out in bunches.
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter..
Swellfish :: Swelldom (n.) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively..
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..
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.
Estuate :: Estuate (v. i.) To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.
Plim :: Plim (v. i.) To swell, as grain or wood with water..
Boswellism :: Boswellism (n.) The style of Boswell.
Knob :: Knob (n.) A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone..
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs..
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..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
Blubber :: Blubber (v. t.) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell with arrogance.
Pursy :: Pursy (a.) Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence..
Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
Filipendulous :: Filipendulous (a.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets..
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..
Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.
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