Definition of swell

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Swell (v. t.) To aggravate; to heighten.

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Protuberant :: Protuberant (a.) Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye..
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air..
Bag :: Bag (v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter..
Boln :: Boln (v. i.) To swell; to puff.
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves..
Surf :: Surf (n.) The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach..
Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To augment gradually in force or loudness, as the sound of a note..
Urocele :: Urocele (n.) A morbid swelling of the scrotum due to extravasation of urine into it.
Swell :: Swell (n.) A showy, dashing person; a dandy..
Bur Fish :: Bur fish () A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish..
Astrut :: Astrut (a. & adv.) Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner..
Fish-bellied :: Fish-bellied (a.) Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail..
Oedema :: Oedema (n.) A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue.
Throstling :: Throstling (n.) A disease of bovine cattle, consisting of a swelling under the throat, which, unless checked, causes strangulation..
Surge :: Surge (v. i.) To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
Toadfish :: Toadfish (n.) A swellfish.
Bolstered :: Bolstered (a.) Swelled out.
Botch :: Botch (n.) A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.
Ampullaceous :: Ampullaceous (a.) Like a bottle or inflated bladder; bottle-shaped; swelling.
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