Definition of swell

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Swell (n.) The act of swelling.

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Bulb :: Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Oedema :: Oedema (n.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Aposteme :: Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.
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.
Billowy :: Billowy (a.) Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. t.) To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up..
Surgeon :: Surgent (a.) Rising; swelling, as a flood..
Swelling :: Swelling (n.) The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride..
Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity..
Catarrh :: Catarrh (n.) An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as, catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder..
Plumper :: Plumper (n.) One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks..
Blain :: Blain (n.) An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister..
Swollen :: Swollen () p. p. of Swell.
Mandrill :: Mandrill (n.) a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus, / Papio, mormon). The adult male has, on the sides of the nose, large, naked, grooved swellings, conspicuously striped with blue and red..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle..
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation..
Bouge :: Bouge (v. i.) To swell out.
Strany :: Strangury (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it..
Intumescent :: Intumescent (a.) Swelling up; expanding.
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense..
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