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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Windgall :: Windgall (n.) A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.
Knot :: Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance..
Plim :: Plim (v. i.) To swell, as grain or wood with water..
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.
Blain :: Blain (n.) An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister..
Turgescent :: Turgescent (a.) Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor..
Overswell :: Overswell (v. t. & i.) To swell or rise above; to overflow.
Boswellism :: Boswellism (n.) The style of Boswell.
Nodosity :: Nodosity (n.) The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness.
Heartswelling :: Heartswelling (a.) Rankling in, or swelling, the heart..
Urocele :: Urocele (n.) A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.
Strany :: Strangury (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it..
Botch :: Botch (n.) A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.
Bunch :: Bunch (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
Bowge :: Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.
Heaving :: Heaving (n.) A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
Tumored :: Tumored (a.) Distended; swelled.
Bladder :: Bladder (v. t.) To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
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