Definition of swell

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Swell (n.) The act of swelling.

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Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Swelling out in bunches.
Beal :: Beal (v. i.) To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis..
Knap :: Knap (n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop..
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor..
High-swelling :: High-swelling (a.) Inflated; boastful.
Cruels :: Cruels (n. pl.) Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.
Heartswelling :: Heartswelling (a.) Rankling in, or swelling, the heart..
Wavy :: Wavy (a.) Rising or swelling in waves; full of waves.
Infarce :: Infarce (v. t.) To stuff; to swell.
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To aggravate; to heighten.
Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To exceed in swelling.
Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.
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.
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..
Grossification :: Grossification (n.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.
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.
Augment :: Augment (v. t.) To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil..
Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennae of certain insects..
Distend :: Distend (v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.
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