Definition of swell

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Swell (v. t.) To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population..

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Node :: Node (n.) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint..
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance.
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..
Ancome :: Ancome (n.) A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow..
Urcelate :: Urcelate (a.) Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla..
Estuate :: Estuate (v. i.) To boil up; to swell and rage; to be agitated.
Outswell :: Outswell (v. t.) To swell beyond; to overflow.
Honewort :: Honewort (n.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.
Huff :: Huff (v. i.) To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs..
Plim :: Plim (v. i.) To swell, as grain or wood with water..
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note..
Swelltoad :: Swellish (a.) Dandified; stylish.
Styan :: Sty (v. i.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound..
Entasis :: Entasis (n.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.
Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom..
Bigly :: Bigly (a.) In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently..
Hone :: Hone (n.) A kind of swelling in the cheek.
Tumefaction :: Tumefaction (n.) The act or process of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumor; a swelling..
Gibbous :: Gibbous (a.) Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon..
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