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Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..

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Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..

Aposteme :: Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.

Astrut :: Astrut (a. & adv.) Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner..

Extumescence :: Extumescence (n.) A swelling or rising.

Augment :: Augment (v. t.) To enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil..

Urocele :: Urocele (n.) A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.

Jug :: "Jug (n.) A vessel, usually of coarse earthenware, with a swelling belly and narrow mouth, and having a handle on one side..

Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.

Pursy :: Pursy (a.) Fat and short-breathed; fat, short, and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence..

Blain :: Blain (n.) An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister..

Bulb :: Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.

Quinsy :: Quinsy (n.) An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy, and squinzey..

Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter..

Bloat :: Bloat (v. t.) To make turgid, as with water or air; to cause a swelling of the surface of, from effusion of serum in the cellular tissue, producing a morbid enlargement, often accompanied with softness..

Size :: Size (v. t.) To swell; to increase the bulk of.

Protuberate :: Protuberate (v. i.) To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out..

Extuberance :: Extuberance (n.) A swelling or rising; protuberance.

Inturgescence :: Inturgescence (n.) A swelling; the act of swelling, or state of being swelled..

Grossification :: Grossification (n.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.

Burnish :: Burnish (v. i.) To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large..