Definition of swell

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Swell (n.) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound..

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Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell with arrogance.
Filipendulous :: Filipendulous (a.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets..
Infarce :: Infarce (v. t.) To stuff; to swell.
Hoarseness :: Hoarseness (n.) Harshness or roughness of voice or sound, due to mucus collected on the vocal cords, or to swelling or looseness of the cords..
Swell :: Swell (n.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.
Extuberate :: Extuberate (v. i.) To swell out.
Bowge :: Bowge (v. i.) To swell out. See Bouge.
Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..
Ranine :: Ranine (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a swelling under the tongue; also, pertaining to the region where the swelling occurs; -- applied especially to branches of the lingual artery and lingual vein..
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors..
Heaving :: Heaving (n.) A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
Bulb :: Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Belly :: Belly (v. t.) To cause to swell out; to fill.
Hove :: Hove (v. i. & t.) To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.
Roll :: Roll (v. i.) To move, as waves or billows, with alternate swell and depression..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like..
Nodosity :: Nodosity (n.) The quality of being knotty or nodose; resemblance to a node or swelling; knottiness.
Emphysema :: Emphysema (n.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.
Astrut :: Astrut (a. & adv.) Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner..
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