Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride..

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Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.
Swollen :: Swelled (p. p.) of Swel.
Volume :: Volume (n.) Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
Frankincense :: Frankincense (n.) A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified..
Strove :: Strout (v. t.) To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.
Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Swelling out in bunches.
Blister :: Blister (n.) Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel..
Puff :: Puff (n.) To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
Piles :: Piles (n. pl.) The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids. [The singular pile is sometimes used.].
Mouth :: Mouth (v. t.) To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner.
Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
Knob :: Knob (n.) A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone..
Bias :: Bias (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
Ampullaceous :: Ampullaceous (a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
Sea-gait :: Sea-gait (n.) A long, rolling swell of the sea..
Heaving :: Heaving (n.) A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.
Protuberant :: Protuberant (a.) Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye..
Windgall :: Windgall (n.) A soft tumor or synovial swelling on the fetlock joint of a horse; -- so called from having formerly been supposed to contain air.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish..
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