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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Bouge :: Bouge (v. i.) To swell out.
Aposteme :: Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.
Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass..
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..
Plim :: Plim (v. i.) To swell, as grain or wood with water..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like..
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..
Protuberant :: Protuberant (a.) Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye..
Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom..
Boss :: Boss (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood..
Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter..
Overswell :: Overswell (v. t. & i.) To swell or rise above; to overflow.
Swellish :: Swelling (n.) an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling..
Bunt :: Bunt (v. i.) To swell out; as, the sail bunts..
Turgesce :: Turgesce (v. i.) To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.
Upswell :: Upswell (v. i.) To swell or rise up.
Swell :: Swell (n.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.
Blubber :: Blubber (v. t.) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.
Sea-gait :: Sea-gait (n.) A long, rolling swell of the sea..
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