Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves..

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Torose :: Torose (a.) Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.
Vessignon :: Vessignon (n.) A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.
Swelling :: Swelling (n.) A protuberance; a prominenc.
Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) Fig.: To swell; to puff up; to elate; as, to inflate one with pride or vanity..
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..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell..
Swollen :: Swelled (p. p.) of Swel.
Bolstered :: Bolstered (a.) Swelled out.
Distend :: Distend (v. i.) To become expanded or inflated; to swell.
Chilblain :: Chilblain (n.) A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration..
Protuberate :: Protuberate (v. i.) To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out..
Swoln :: Swollen (a.) Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams..
High-swelling :: High-swelling (a.) Inflated; boastful.
Distend :: Distend (v. t.) To stretch out or extend in all directions; to dilate; to enlarge, as by elasticity of parts; to inflate so as to produce tension; to cause to swell; as, to distend a bladder, the stomach, etc..
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Boswellian :: Boswellian (a.) Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson..
Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow.
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter..
Apostemate :: Apostemate (v. i.) To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.
Extuberance :: Extuberance (n.) A swelling or rising; protuberance.
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