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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Swelled :: Swelled (imp.) of Swel.
Mosquito :: Mosquito (n.) Any one of various species of gnats of the genus Culex and allied genera. The females have a proboscis containing, within the sheathlike labium, six fine, sharp, needlelike organs with which they puncture the skin of man and animals to suck the blood. These bites, when numerous, cause, in many persons, considerable irritation and swelling, with some pain. The larvae and pupae, called wigglers, are aquatic..
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..
Swell :: Swell (n.) Gradual increase.
Aposteme :: Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.
Extumescence :: Extumescence (n.) A swelling or rising.
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..
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 be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride..
Honewort :: Honewort (n.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.
Volume :: Volume (n.) Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
Capellet :: Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down..
Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc..
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..
Wavy :: Wavy (a.) Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves.
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..
Bulb :: Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
Bagging :: Bagging (n.) The act of swelling; swelling.
Embillow :: Embillow (v. i.) To swell or heave like a ///// of the sea.
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