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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Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
Pursy :: Pursy (a.) Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence..
Swell :: Swell (n.) A showy, dashing person; a dandy..
Embillow :: Embillow (v. i.) To swell or heave like a ///// of the sea.
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.
Chase :: Chase (n.) The part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.
Pulvinated :: Pulvinated (a.) Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze..
Bolstered :: Bolstered (a.) Swelled out.
Strout :: Strout (v. i.) To swell; to puff out; to project.
Kohl-rabi :: Kohl-rabi (n.) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground..
Ancome :: Ancome (n.) A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow..
Jug :: "Jug (n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side..
Blain :: Blain (n.) An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister..
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..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
Pimple :: Pimple (n.) Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple.
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..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..
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