Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount..

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Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor..
Smut :: Smut (v. t.) An affection of cereal grains producing a swelling which is at length resolved into a powdery sooty mass. It is caused by parasitic fungi of the genus Ustilago. Ustilago segetum, or U. Carbo, is the commonest kind; that of Indian corn is Ustilago maydis..
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..
Swoln :: Swollen (a.) Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams..
Swell :: Swell (n.) A showy, dashing person; a dandy..
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..
Bolstered :: Bolstered (a.) Swelled out.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase in height; elevation; rise.
Burnish :: Burnish (v. i.) To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large..
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell with arrogance.
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride..
Swell :: Swell (n.) A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells..
Bias :: Bias (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
Billowy :: Billowy (a.) Of or pertaining to billows; swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
Bulb :: Bulb (v. i.) To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Tumefaction :: Tumefaction (n.) The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling..
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense..
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..
Blub :: Blub (v. t. & i.) To swell; to puff out, as with weeping..
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