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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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..
Ancome :: Ancome (n.) A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow..
Swell :: Swell (n.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.
Swell :: Swell (n.) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound..
Swellfish :: Swelldom (n.) People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively..
Urcelate :: Urcelate (a.) Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla..
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm..
Overswell :: Overswell (v. t. & i.) To swell or rise above; to overflow.
Unswell :: Unswell (v. t.) To sink from a swollen state; to subside.
Honewort :: Honewort (n.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (S. Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.
Protuberation :: Protuberation (n.) The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface.
Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom..
Torose :: Torose (a.) Cylindrical with alternate swellings and contractions; having the surface covered with rounded prominences.
Surgeon :: Surgent (a.) Rising; swelling, as a flood..
Swollen :: Swelled (p. p.) of Swel.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like..
Knap :: Knap (n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop..
Swelling :: Swellfish (n.) Any plectognath fish that dilates itself, as the bur fish, puffer, or diodon..
Domineer :: Domineer (v. t.) To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents..
Heartswelling :: Heartswelling (a.) Rankling in, or swelling, the heart..
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