Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand.

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Inflate :: Inflate (v. t.) To swell or distend with air or gas; to dilate; to expand; to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs..
Tumulate :: Tumulate (v. i.) To swell.
Huff :: Huff (n.) A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance.
Flood :: Flood (v. i.) The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood..
Hone :: Hone (n.) A kind of swelling in the cheek.
Huff :: Huff (n.) A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage.
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm..
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..
Swelled :: Swelled (imp.) of Swel.
Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. t.) To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up..
Bunchy :: Bunchy (a.) Swelling out in bunches.
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..
Bladder :: Bladder (v. t.) To swell out like a bladder with air; to inflate.
Blub :: Blub (v. t. & i.) To swell; to puff out, as with weeping..
Emphysematous :: Emphysematous (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, emphysema; swelled; bloated..
Anticor :: Anticor (n.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart..
Pulvinated :: Pulvinated (a.) Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze..
Billowy :: Billowy (a.) Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
Blain :: Blain (n.) An inflammatory swelling or sore; a bulla, pustule, or blister..
Spinaceous :: Spina bifida () A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed..
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