Definition of swell

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Swell (n.) Increase in height; elevation; rise.

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Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression..
Boswellism :: Boswellism (n.) The style of Boswell.
Extumescence :: Extumescence (n.) A swelling or rising.
Bulb :: Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle..
Bowge :: Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.
Swollen :: Swelled (p. p.) of Swel.
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..
Suricat :: Surgy (a.) Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling.
Inflame :: Inflame (v. t.) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork..
Emphysematous :: Emphysematous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated..
Belly :: Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge..
Bigly :: Bigly (a.) In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently..
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..
Ancome :: Ancome (n.) A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like..
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
Domineer :: Domineer (v. t.) To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents..
Tragacanth :: Tragacanth (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth..
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.].
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