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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Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To exceed in swelling.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase in height; elevation; rise.
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..
Piles :: Piles (n. pl.) The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.].
Honewort :: Honewort (n.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.
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..
Torose :: Torose (a.) Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.
Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor..
Intumescence :: Intumescence (n.) The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat..
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell with arrogance.
Extumescence :: Extumescence (n.) A swelling or rising.
Upswell :: Upswell (v. i.) To swell or rise up.
Embillow :: Embillow (v. i.) To swell or heave like a ///// of the sea.
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent..
Aposteme :: Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.
Belly :: Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge..
Anticor :: Anticor (n.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart..
Knot :: Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance..
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