Definition of swell

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Swell (n.) A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor..

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Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount..
Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like..
Bulb :: Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Ampullaceous :: Ampullaceous (a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..
Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To swell beyond; to overflow.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force..
Strove :: Strout (v. t.) To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.
Farce :: Farce (v. t.) To swell out; to render pompous.
Strangulate :: Strangles (n.) A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells..
Thoroughpin :: Thoroughpin (n.) A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through..
Ancome :: Ancome (n.) A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow..
Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass..
Swellfish :: Swelldom (n.) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively..
Booming :: Booming (a.) Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air..
Extuberate :: Extuberate (v. i.) To swell out.
Unswell :: Unswell (v. t.) To sink from a swollen state; to subside.
Upswell :: Upswell (v. i.) To swell or rise up.
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