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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Inflammation :: Inflammation (n.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain..
Tumored :: Tumored (a.) Distended; swelled.
Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To swell beyond; to overflow.
Turgescent :: Turgescent (a.) Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.
Pimple :: Pimple (n.) Fig.: A swelling or protuberance like a pimple.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound..
Ripieno :: Ripieno (a.) Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato..
Embillow :: Embillow (v. i.) To swell or heave like a ///// of the sea.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force..
Throstling :: Throstling (n.) A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation..
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population..
Pod :: Pod (v. i.) To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods..
Tortulous :: Tortulous (a.) Swelled out at intervals like a knotted cord.
Jointworm :: "Jointworm (n.) The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop..
Strumatic :: Struma (n.) A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses..
Honewort :: Honewort (n.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.
Swelling :: Swelling (n.) A protuberance; a prominenc.
Swelling :: Swelling (n.) The act of that which swells; as, the swelling of rivers in spring; the swelling of the breast with pride..
Tumefaction :: Tumefaction (n.) The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; 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..
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