Definition of swell

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Swell (n.) The act of swelling.

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Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle..
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..
Torose :: Torose (a.) Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.
Gibbous :: Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon..
Ventricous :: Ventricous (a.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla..
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..
Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.
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..
Booming :: Booming (a.) Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..
Plump :: Plump (a.) To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..
Bubonocele :: Bubonocele (n.) An inguinal hernia; esp. that incomplete variety in which the hernial pouch descends only as far as the groin, forming a swelling there like a bubo..
Plim :: Plim (v. i.) To swell, as grain or wood with water..
Swell :: Swell (n.) Gradual increase.
Swellish :: Swelling (n.) an unnatural prominence or protuberance; as, a scrofulous swelling..
Ballooned :: Ballooned (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.
Swell :: Swell (n.) A showy, dashing person; a dandy..
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