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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Swelltoad :: Swellish (a.) Dandified; stylish.
Vessignon :: Vessignon (n.) A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.
Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow.
Ventricous :: Ventricous (a.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla..
Knap :: Knap (n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop..
Emphysema :: Emphysema (n.) A swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue.
Blub :: Blub (v. t. & i.) To swell; to puff out, as with weeping..
Overswell :: Overswell (v. t. & i.) To swell or rise above; to overflow.
Hemorrhoids :: Hemorrhoids (n. pl.) Livid and painful swellings formed by the dilation of the blood vessels around the margin of, or within, the anus, from which blood or mucus is occasionally discharged; piles; emerods..
Beal :: Beal (v. i.) To gather matter; to swell and come to a head, as a pimple..
Strop :: Stroot (v. i.) To swell out; to strut.
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter..
Filipendulous :: Filipendulous (a.) Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; -- said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets..
Swale :: Swal (imp.) Swelled.
Bolstered :: Bolstered (a.) Swelled out.
Strut :: Strut (v. t.) To swell; to bulge out.
Plim :: Plim (v. i.) To swell, as grain or wood with water..
Turgesce :: Turgesce (v. i.) To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.
Belly :: Belly (v. i.) To swell and become protuberant, like the belly; to bulge..
Huff :: Huff (v. t.) To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air..
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