Definition of swell

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Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..

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Swelltoad :: Swellish (a.) Dandified; stylish.
High-swelling :: High-swelling (a.) Inflated; boastful.
Bias :: Bias (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
Node :: Node (n.) A swelling.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
Incrassated :: Incrassated (a.) Swelled out on some particular part, as the antennae of certain insects..
Anasarca :: Anasarca (n.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin..
Hove :: Hove (v. i. & t.) To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.
Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
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..
Hone :: Hone (n.) A kind of swelling in the cheek.
Grossification :: Grossification (n.) The swelling of the ovary of plants after fertilization. Henslow.
Chase :: Chase (n.) The part of a cannon from the reenforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.
Kohl-rabi :: Kohl-rabi (n.) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground..
Heartswelling :: Heartswelling (a.) Rankling in, or swelling, the heart..
Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.
Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass..
Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..
Intumesce :: Intumesce (v. i.) To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe..
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter..
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